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NEWS + FEATURES 7 Your Words + “This Modern World” Readers react, plus Tom Tomorrow
9 ICYMI Ocala’s shameful record of criminalizing homelessness, University of Florida discovers breakthrough cancer drug, and other news you may have missed
11 Informed Dissent How to botch an impeachment: Democrats are rushing for no good reason
14 Fentanyl in the family Ben Westhoff’s dive into the “deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic” is the most frightening book of the year, and it’s mandatory reading
18 The 12 Pups of Christmas
A dozen very good boys (and girls) who would love to find a home for the holidays
The Two Popes brings Benedict and Francis into semi-fictional focus
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37 Film Listings Cinema-oriented events to go see this week
39 On Screens in Orlando Movies playing this week: Bombshell, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and more
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MUSIC 41 Tricked-out Yule tradition
25 Live Active Cultures
Reverend Horton Heat puts the hootenanny back in Christmas
David McElroy’s One Man Christmas Carol is a cherished Orlando holiday tradition celebrating its 22nd year in 2019
41 Picks This Week Great live music rattles Orlando every night
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43 This Little Underground Left-field guitar legend Eugene Chadbourne delivers a transmission from the edge; Mannequin Pussy make up big time for their incomplete show earlier this year
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27 Uncommon ground Alex’s Fresh Kitchen, a new diner in Casselberry, is not like the others
44 Selections 46 The Week 47 Down the Road
27 Tip Jar Cavo’s Bar & Kitchen opens in a prime Thornton Park spot, chef Tony Mantuano ditches the restaurant life, plus more in local food news
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29 Recently Reviewed Short takes on restaurants we’ve reviewed recently
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Readers react. Last week, we reported that AdventHealth (formerly Florida Hospital) has made a $1 million donation to the OnePulse Foundation (“AdventHealth donates $1 million to Pulse memorial, diversity and inclusion program,” Dec. 12). The money will go toward the building of the National Pulse Memorial & Museum commemorating the 49 victims of the June 12, 2016, Pulse tragedy in Orlando, and creating an educational curriculum “focused on diversity and inclusion,” said a OnePulse press release. The museum, which will cost an estimated $45 million, is expected to open in 2022. @Sean Patrick Seems a bit in bad taste to spend more on the memorial than helping the victims. Surely you can have a tasteful memorial for much less and use the funds to help the victims more – many of them are still struggling. It’s a privately owned memorial that is going to cost 50% more than the money raised to help the victims. That should trouble everybody.
@Alan B Borne Incredible waste of money. What will this really accomplish? @Chris Redmon I feel the families should each get 1 million+ before any memorial. @Royce Mathew 45 million? Outrageous amount. Yet another death business like 9/11 memorial selling cheese plates and other decorations. IMO a set of trees, remodel a wing at the library, dedicate it in the victims’ honor – and use the money to provide for the future generations and such. @Ian Smith Wow this is crazy. Half of Orlando lives in poverty but let’s do a memorial with 45 mil? WTF, Orlando? @Kristen Lorraine Lukowiak Marsh They should probably invest their money into their hospitals getting better doctors and educated staff. @John Evertsen Did they donate to the first responders and vets?
@Franklin Ratliff A lot of people didn’t like the (Vietnam Memorial) Wall either at first. Memorials are not about today.
@Jim Scott I’m gay and knew two of the victims, but this is excessive by any logical standard.
@Jon Hanson Money should also be given to education and charitable efforts that will help prevent another tragedy such as this.
@Steve Parker I believe the Sandy Hook memorial cost only $150,000. Why does this deserve any more?
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Ocala’s shameful record of criminalizing homelessness, University of Florida discovers breakthrough cancer drug, and other news you may have missed. »
Ocala makes ‘Hall of Shame’ report for arresting homeless people who sleep outside: “In Ocala, Florida, homeless people are strictly policed in accordance with Ocala’s draconian anti-homeless ordinances. It is illegal to rest in the open on public property, which has been heavily enforced by the city,” says the “Housing Not Handcuffs” report released by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. “The city’s ‘Operation Street Sweeper’ and aggressive policing have even led to a federal lawsuit on behalf of three unhoused residents. These three plaintiffs have collectively spent 210 days in jail and been assessed over $9,000 in fines, fees, and costs due to enforcement of the trespass and unlawful lodging ordinance alone.” The report surveyed 187 urban and rural cities across the country and found that over the last 13 years there’s been a significant increase in policies that punish the homeless for “life-sustaining conduct,” which include things like sleeping, sitting or lying down, and living in vehicles within public spaces. “We refer to these policies and their enforcement collectively as the ‘criminalization of homelessness,’ even though these laws are punishable as both criminal and civil offenses,” reads the report, which placed Ocala on its “Hall of Shame” list.
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University of Florida College of Pharmacy reveals breakthrough cancer drug: Researchers from the University of Florida College of Pharmacy say they have discovered a safer and more effective anticancer drug. The new treatment would target leukemia, lymphoma, and breast and lung cancers. The drug, known currently as DT2216, affects a protein called B-cell lymphoma-extra large, which grows malignant cells and strengthens their resistance to treatment. According to a UF press release, the new drug works better against a variety of tumor cells aided by the BCL-XL protein, and is also less toxic to blood platelets. University researchers developed the new BCLXL-targeting anti-cancer drug using a technology that relies on small molecules that suppress and break down cancer-promoting proteins. They published their findings in the journal Nature Medicine on Dec. 2. “These findings support the potential of DT2216 to be developed as a first-in-class BCL-XL-targeting antitumor agent,” said Guangrong Zheng, Ph.D., in the release. “First-in-class” refers to drugs that use a “unique mechanism of action” to work. There are a few more steps and additional testing to go before clinical trials on people can begin.
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Osceola jail ignored woman’s miscarriage symptoms, before a county judge released her early: When a pregnant Kenzi Dunn began bleeding Wednesday, Dec. 4, Osceola County Jail staff didn’t call for a doctor, she says. The bleeding continued through Thursday but Dunn says she still wasn’t attended to by a doctor. Finally, on Friday, while Dunn was still bleeding, a doctor was summoned to check on the 20-year-old. In county court Dec. 12, Dunn said that she continued to bleed into Saturday and that cramps joined her symptoms Sunday, the day she miscarried. It wasn’t until Monday that Osceola Jail staff took her to the hospital, WKMG News 6 reports. When Dunn returned to the Osceola County Corrections Department, she was placed back in the same cell where the miscarriage occurred. Dunn, who found out she was pregnant when she was booked into the Osceola jail in October, was scheduled to stay in jail until Dec. 30. In court, Dunn’s attorney asked that she be released before then. “I’m gonna go ahead and modify the sentence to make it time served as of today’s date,” Judge Greg Tynan said. orlandoweekly.com
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HOW TO BOTCH AN IMPEACHMENT Democrats are rushing for no good reason BY JEFFREY C. BILL M A N
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his week, for the third time in its 230-year history, the U.S. House of Representatives will impeach a president of the United States for abusing his office and obstructing Congress, narrow charges that avoid naming myriad corrupt acts. It will vote to do so almost entirely along party lines. One side will come armed with hundreds of pages of reports detailing Donald Trump’s efforts to extort a foreign government to announce an investigation into his rival. The other side will pound the table and regurgitate the talking points and conspiracy theories that originate in the air pocket between Sean Hannity’s ears. (The New York Times will run a story about how both sides are living in “different impeachment realities,” never bothering to point out that one of those realities should come with padded walls. Journalism!) This will happen a week before Christmas. Then Congress will adjourn, and Trump will have several unchallenged weeks to rage-tweet and call into servile Fox News programs to whine about the WITCH HUNT! and WHERE’S THE WHISTLEBLOWER? and signal-boost whatever fart noises Rudy Giuliani makes when he opens his mouth about the Real Ukrainian Corruption. Then, in January, the Senate trial will take one of two tracks, both of which end at the same preordained destination, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has admitted. Track 1, which McConnell prefers, is a quick, pointless trial, without witnesses or documents, just a summary from the House, followed by a rebuttal from the White House, followed by a pro forma vote. Wham-bam-thank-you, ma’am, an acquittal. But it only takes four Republicans to break with McConnell to get Track 2, which is what Trump apparently (thinks he) wants. On Sunday, Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer asked McConnell to hold, well, an actual trial, under the same rules as the Clinton trial two decades ago, with witnesses and subpoenas and evidence. For McConnell (and Trump’s lawyers), the danger lies not in Trump’s removal but in both giving Democrats another audience to make their case – this time with additional witnesses such as John Bolton and Mick Mulvaney – and in allowing Trump’s die-hards to chase wackadoodle conspiracies about Joe Biden and the DNC server on a national stage. Still, Track 2 could present Democrats with a headache. The five-week trial Schumer proposes will sideline senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders (as well as Amy Klobuchar and Cory Booker) ahead of the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary, while giving Republicans a platform to level corruption allegations at Joe Biden that, even if baseless, could leave a mark. I suspect McConnell prefers Track 1 because it would make impeachment look petty, inconsequential and thoroughly partisan. House Democrats spent the last week feeding that narrative. An hour after Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House Judiciary Committee would move ahead on impeachment, she held a second press conference to announce that Democrats had reached an agreement with the White House on the United States-CanadaMexico Agreement, a marginal rewrite of NAFTA that the White House has nonetheless heralded as – I shit you not – the greatest trade agreement ever crafted. Democrats then gave a man they say “blatantly abused his office and endangered our national security” a $738 billion military budget, including the farcical Space Force. And Democrats are about to pass a budget that preserves the status quo on the idiotic border wall, Trump’s inhumane migrant policies and all of the other shameful things the administra-
tion is doing. Rather than fight the man they’re calling a clear and present danger, Democrats are forfeiting their leverage to prove to “swing voters” that they can work with the president despite their differences. Bipartisanship! Or something. I’m sure whatever consultant told them that rolling over made for a good strategy had a convincing PowerPoint. And now they’ll send his impeachment to the Senate for a show trial, after which Trump will claim vindication. If they were so inclined, Democrats have a few options. For starters, they don’t have to present the articles of impeachment to the Senate right away. They could hang on to them until they’ve negotiated a fair trial process, or until the Democratic primary has worked itself out, or, as former Nixon White House counsel John Dean has suggested, indefinitely – letting the impeachment hang over Trump’s head while the House continues to investigate. There’s a lot of ground left uncovered: obstruction of justice from the Mueller investigation, the illicit payment to Stormy Daniels, God-knows-what in the financial records the president is desperate to hide. There’s value in grinding it out, even though there’s also some indication that the impeachment fight has marginally helped Trump’s numbers. Trump is still a historically unpopular president, and the public is on the Democrats’ side: A Fox News poll found that 54 percent of registered voters support impeaching him (and 50 percent support removing him, too). There’s really no reason to give Trump’s cronies control of the narrative when they’ve admitted their complicity – and when Trump’s inevitable acquittal will only embolden him ahead of the 2020 election. The better alternative would have been to plug away while Trump dangled on the line, burning with the impotent fury of a septuagenarian manbaby. Would have been. Slamming on the brakes now, after first refusing to impeach Trump following the Mueller report and then rushing ahead over the Ukraine affair, will only look like weakness. The only play now is to hold off until McConnell agrees to hold a legitimate trial, then lose in the most respectable way possible, hoping the American public sees the Republican Party for the soulless, amoral cult of personality it’s become. feedback@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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Important Facts About DOVATO
This is only a brief summary of important information about DOVATO and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment. What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection. • Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver. What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults: who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children. Who should not take DOVATO? Do Not Take DOVATO if You: • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or lamivudine. • take dofetilide. What should I tell my healthcare provider before using DOVATO? Tell your healthcare provider about all of your medical conditions, including if you: • have or have had liver problems, including hepatitis B or C infection. • have kidney problems. • are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. One of the medicines in DOVATO (dolutegravir) may harm your unborn baby. ° You should not take DOVATO if you are planning to become pregnant or during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine if you are planning to become pregnant or become pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider will perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, you should consistently use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with DOVATO. ° Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. ° One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby. ©2019 ViiV Healthcare or licensor. DLLADVT190009 June 2019 Produced in USA.
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Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine. • You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider. Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines. What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section. • Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing. • Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area. • Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat. • Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death. Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis). Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).
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BOOK COVER COURTESY GROVE ATLANTIC
FENTANYL IN THE FAMILY
Ben Westhoff’s dive into the ‘deadliest wave of the opioid epidemic’ is the most frightening book of the year, and it’s mandatory reading BY CHRIS FARAON E
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irst a spoiler alert: Among the multiple apocalyptic revelations in Ben Westhoff’s Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Are Creating the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic is sour news for all hard drug users, from casual weekend abusers to full-time cocaine cowboys. In light of developments presented in this epic book in gruesome and unprecedented fashion, putting questionable substances up your nose, in your veins, or even
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on your tongue is highly discouraged from here on in. “Any drug where it’s a powder or a pill, you just can’t trust it,” Westhoff says in an interview about his latest project. “There can be fentanyl in anything … [Home drug-testing kits] are getting very sophisticated, and there are websites you can consult, but in terms of going to a party and someone offering you some blow or something like that, it’s over.”
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Of course, many will not see this book or heed such warnings, and in tens of thousands of cases this year will steer directly off a cliff. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “among the more than 70,200 drug overdose deaths estimated in 2017, the sharpest increase occurred among deaths related to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (other synthetic narcotics) with more than 28,400 overdose deaths.” When he started this endeavor nearly four years ago, Westhoff couldn’t have imagined those statistics. Fentanyl showed up and kicked the hinges off a prior psychedelic focus that turns up in trace amounts throughout the book but that is overshadowed by the eponymous grim reaper. Quoting a CDC report, Westhoff notes, “in 2013 the ‘third wave’ of the opioid epidemic began.” And “because of fentanyl, it is the most deadly one yet.” Focusing on urban Missouri in one especially harrowing chapter, he reports: “In 2012, St. Louis saw 92 opioid-related deaths, a number that rose to 123 in 2013 and up to 256 in 2017.” “Fentanyl completely changed the game,” one character, a former jam band road dog who jumped from newfangled hallucinogens into the far more dangerous opioid scene, told Westhoff. Beyond the numbers, which are ugly but far from reliable in this nascent abusive honeymoon phase of the crisis, this is a story about people, and Fentanyl, Inc. features a roster of villains and victims who stray far from movie archetypes. From fast and furious nerdy bros brewing up alphabet soup in bunkers underneath the desert to 20-something call center employees who peddle poison by phone from the back offices of semilegal chemistry labs in China, their stories follow a theme reflected in all of Westhoff’s vignettes: Everything you think you know about drugs has changed. Even the people packing, slinging, sniffing and filling their vaults thanks to this garbage don’t know the half. Or the wrath. They mostly only care about the math. “A lot of drug dealing comes from people who have addictions of their own,” Westhoff says. “Painting the dark web or these people with a broad brush isn’t a good idea, because everyone has their own philosophies. A lot of people are in it for harm reduction; there’s a legitimate case to be made for getting a lot of these psychedelics and other potential medicines out to people they can potentially help. And then it gets a little harder when you get this guy who is selling nasal spray with fentanyl analogues and saying that he’s helping opioid addicts maintain their addictions in a more affordable way.” Westhoff, a relatively early explorer into the unknowns of these notorious intoxicants, stresses the lack of common facts and figures in this post-medicine chest Wild West. “They used to say that touching fentanyl can make you overdose,” he says. Unsure of the verdict on the epidermal threat, the author nevertheless says some of his sources “were dealing [the extremely dangerous carfentanil] and breaking it up with their bare hands.” “This stuff is so new that there isn’t much agreement – there’s not even agreement about how to pronounce the word fentanyl. Half the country says ‘fenta-nall’; the other half says ‘fenta-nil.’ But nobody knows. It’s like a black box … a lack of information.” As for the innumerable analogues available online and maybe at your local McDonald’s, Westhoff says, “It
even knew what fentanyl was,” Westhoff says. “My way in was through the rave scene in L.A. when I was the LA Weekly music editor. I had gone to raves a lot back in the day, and ecstasy was pure MDMA, and people weren’t dying … But at these raves, someone, if not multiple people, were dying at every one. I wanted to investigate that, and I found out about all of these ecstasy substitutes and learned that there were all these new drugs coming out of China. But then all that stuff was really just the tip of the iceberg, because by 2016 fentanyl was much worse than all of the others by far. So it’s a completely different project than I envisioned.” Westhoff includes ample relevant history – from when “one could buy opium from the Sears, Roebuck catalog,” to a Boston dealer who unknowingly tipped off the DEA in 1992 about the nation’s first known leading source of black market fentanyl; back to the industrial revolution and addiction in the United Kingdom, and how that nation attempted “to balance its trade deficit by using its British East India Company to ply opium in tremendous quantities to the Chinese, causing a pair of wars.” The latter is especially critical background, as fentanyl and other new drugs have not caught on there, spurring many to think that’s why China has been so lax about laws and exports. “In May [China] blanket-banned all fentanyl analogues, which has been proven to be effective,” Westhoff says. “When China actually bans stuff it has an effect. At the same time, there’s all these loopholes. China is shipping the fentanyl precursors by the boatload to Mexico, and they’re getting [government] incentives for it. “It’s a huge sprawling bureaucracy – there’s not this one person who has a plan In 2010, 15-year-old Sasha and is manipulating everything. It’s just Rodriguez fatally overdosed capitalism gone awry. On the other hand, at Electric Daisy Carnival how could they not know what they’re at the LA Coliseum, reportdoing?” edly from ecstasy. Local In the words of one of Westhoff ’s politicians revolted, and the Chinese sources, a less-than-clandesevent was forced to relocate to tine manufacturer: “We are afraid that a Las Vegas. A Plymouth State reporter come to our lab, to our country, to University student named find out why we synthesize these chemiBrittany Flannigan overdosed cals, or why we sell these chemicals to and died in late August 2013 your country. To let your people’s health after attending a Boston EDM down. To harm your country’s people.” concert featuring the popular There is plenty of blame to go around. DJ Zedd, and just days later Some fingers can be pointed at figures like a University of Virginia stuformer presidents of the United States, dent named Mary “Shelley” including but by no means limited to Goldsmith passed away as well. Barack Obama, whose 2012 Synthetic Both were 19, and reports said Drug Abuse Prevention Act outlawed they had taken “Molly.” multiple kinds of synthetic cannabinoids, “I had a friend who died from multiple but which Wired magazine cracked, “was fentanyl patches a while back, before I obsolete before the ink of his signature evolves too quickly for people to even come up with a clever name for [new drug incarnations] … People don’t even realize what they’re taking – whether it’s heroin, or pills, or cocaine, or whatever.” In his quest to source answers to new wide-open questions, Westhoff “consulted politicians, police, DEA agents and international drug policy makers, who would like to put these traffickers away forever,” as well as “counselors, doctors, activists and policy wonks, some of whom believe these drugs should be legal.” He even “corresponded with two infamous, now-imprisoned LSD kingpins who worked together out of an abandoned missile silo in Kansas.” “The demise of their operation in 2000,” he writes, “may have inadvertently fueled the rise of a new hallucinogen whose effects are far worse than LSD.” You may be wondering, Is this one of those stories about the real Walter White? You could say that, but there are thousands of them, wearing different hats on multiple continents, dealing on the web and in your backyard. Fentanyl, Inc. is like Breaking Bad, sure – meets Night of the Living Dead meets New Jack City, Gummo, Kids and Gremlins, with a cast from a lot of the places on President Donald Trump’s shithole list. As one candid former U.S. State Department special agent explains: “Fentanyl can be produced anywhere a laboratory can be set up, such as a warehouse in an industrial park, a home in a residential area or a clandestine lab in the mountains.” For Westhoff, the first taste of disaster came nearly a decade ago, in Los Angeles. He writes:
dried” thanks to “the speed of innovation in drugs culture.” More generally speaking, the culprit is every rank-and-file Greatest Generation prohibitionist who ignorantly warned us that our drugs could be laced with something deadly long before that was a thing that really happened. Other formerly contrived tropes about the horrors of drugs have also become real, like the one in which dealers walk around offering complimentary samples to teens. As one young woman from the Rust Belt told the author about a strip that doubles as a literal trap in her town: “They’ll come up to anybody who’s parking, getting gas, even getting cigarettes. They’ll drive up to you and ask if you mess around. They give it to you for free.” “There’s one condition, however,” Westhoff writes. “You must have a working cell phone and give them your number.” Of course all of the yellow bricks lead back to governments, complicit politicians, all those gratuitous checkboxes. Those pining for the halcyon days when it seemingly couldn’t get worse than regionally concentrated crack, meth and heroin scourges may take aim at lazy and misguided attempts to throw a wrench in the cycle of supply and addiction, like with the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act of 2005. After that law limited the amount of drug store staples like Sudafed that you could buy and subsequently harvest to manufacture methamphetamine in your barn, Mexican cartels stepped in to fill the gap – and we all know how that’s turned out. To learn more about the source of so much mayhem, Westhoff “infiltrated a pair of Chinese drug operations, one a sophisticated laboratory operation distilling outsize quantities of the world’s most dangerous chemicals in industrialsize glassware, and the other an office of young, cheery salespeople, who sat in rows of cubicles and sold fentanyl ingredients to American dealers and Mexican cartels.” After demasking wizards in China and possibly learning more than any other American civilian has to date about the mechanics of that country’s fentanyl trade, Westhoff came to understand that the problem is bigger than the F-word and its awful analogues. There are countless oddball drugs available on the black market. Take U-47700, for example: “Originally created in the mid-1970s as a morphine alternative, it never received FDA approval.”
ORANGE COUNTY’S DRUG DEATH RATE SKYROCKETS AS FENTANYL BECOMES MORE LETHAL “One of the things that makes fentanyl dangerous is its potency,” says Thomas Hall, director of Orange County’s Drug-Free Coalition. “It’s 100 times more potent than meth.” Ninety-four percent of the time a fentanyl analog was found in the toxicology report of a person who died in Florida in 2017, it was the cause of death. Straight fentanyl proved only slightly less wildly lethal, causing death 84 percent of the time it was found in the blood of a decedent. Together, fentanyl and fentanylanalog deaths were the leading cause for drug-related fatalities for the year, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s 2017 medical examiner report, leading to 3,331 deaths. And things aren’t slowing down. In 2013 there were less than 500 fentanyl-related deaths in Florida. From 2016 to 2017, the toll went up 25 percent for deaths caused by fentanyl, the synthetic opioid, and an even more staggering 65 percent increase for deaths caused by fentanyl analogs, an increase of over 600. The numbers are just as bleak when you drill down into Orange County. In 2012, six people died after using fentanyl or synthetic fentanyl. In 2016, 68 died this way, an Orange County Heroin Task Force report found. In
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2017, 196 people died because of the stuff in Orlando alone. “It doesn’t take a lot,” says Hall, who notes that just two milligrams of fentanyl is a lethal dose for a non-opioid user. A fentanyl analog, like carfentanil, which Hall says was created to tranquilize elephants and rhinoceros, can be even deadlier. Though the number of people seeking out fentanyl is going up, says Orlando Police Department Lt. Carter Gowen, in many instances when someone overdoses on fentanyl, the victim, after being revived, didn’t know they were using a drug laced with fentanyl or another analog. “Drug dealers cut other drugs with fentanyl,” says Gowen. Both fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are cheaper to buy in large quantities than cocaine or heroin. The stuff that’s showing up in Central Florida is coming from the same places as that infiltrating the rest of the nation: Pharmaceutical fentanyl is largely smuggled by cartels from Mexico, and other, cheaper, morelethal fentanyl synthetics are often shipped stateside after being quickly and unscientifically manufactured by exporters in China. As more people suffer, Hall says, there is more of a political will to solve the problem. Opioid and fentanyl-focused task forces have been launched by the federal government all the way down to regional and municipal governments like Orange County. In February 2018, Osceola County became the first Florida county to file suit against big pharmaceutical companies in an attempt to hold them accountable for law enforcement, first responder, and increased healthcare costs. As harrowing as the epidemic is, the way out is pretty straightforward: medical treatment and destigmatizing medical treatment. Naloxone (brand name: Narcan) reverses overdoses. Gowen says Orlando city emergency services like police and paramedics have naloxone doses on them at all times, which he says has helped decrease the number of overdose deaths. Hall says medicines for treating addiction have proven just as successful, but that stigma around addiction is getting in the way. “Some people don’t like it, like it’s replacing one drug with another,” says Hall. – Solomon Gustavo
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Nevertheless, for one of Westhoff’s sources and who knows how many others, U-47700 “was like an ‘antidepressant,’” making them feel “whole, confident and happy, very little stress.” Also of note is that fake weed can kill you. “Even today,” writes Westhoff, “synthetic cannabinoids remain the fastest-growing class of drugs. … Some are twice as potent as marijuana; some are 100 times as potent or more. And there is little formal testing, almost nobody knows how safe each blend is, not even the scientists who invented them.” The good news keeps on coming. “Even more disturbingly,” the author reports, “fentanyl began to be pressed into pills that look exactly like name-brand prescription tablets. Raids across the United States have turned up operations in houses and apartments that turn fentanyl powder into tablets using specialized presses. Both the drugs and the machines are bought from China. These operations can make thousands of pills per hour. They stamp pills with the OxyContin or Percocet logo, and they’re indistinguishable. … The dosages of these fake pills vary greatly. One might have 10 times as much fentanyl as the next. Investigators believe such counterfeit pills were responsible for the death of music star Prince; about 100 white pills
found on his property looked exactly like Vicodin but actually contained fentanyl.” From Paisley Park to the park behind your apartment, no place seems to be immune. “When you think of the opioid epidemic, you think of a lot of white middle-class people,” Westhoff says. “That certainly has been a big part of it, but there’s always been a huge African American population using heroin, and now that fentanyl is in the mix it’s causing massive casualties in places like L.A. and Chicago. This is not a death sentence for just one demographic. Just when the prescription pill deaths were finally falling, and just when the heroin deaths were finally falling, the deaths from fentanyl are going way up. And prescription pills are still abused at a very high rate, so if fentanyl really starts getting cut into pills, then this thing can balloon even worse than it already is. “It just seems like with each drug epidemic, things keep getting worse.” Toward the end of Fentanyl, Inc., Westhoff points to some solutions. “The crack epidemic, the meth epidemic – keep in mind people were blaming the user back then, so thankfully we’re moving beyond that.” He also supports harm reduction strategies like supervised injection facilities, which he argues “is really just a no-brainer.” “We know from the failure of the War
on Drugs that focusing on the supply side is not going to work,” Westhoff says. “Killing a drug kingpin from Colombia or capturing El Chapo doesn’t do anything – the drug supply is just getting worse. The drugs will find a way to get here, drug users will find a way to get their drugs, and all we can do is focus on the demand side.” The shifting goalposts make the problem nearly impossible to smother; still, the author hopes his contribution can play an important role in navigating us out of this state of emergency. “The inventor of fentanyl, Paul Janssen, there’s literally nothing written about him, and so I wanted to tell his story and that of the other people who brought these drugs to life. No one did it on purpose, really – these are all drugs taken from scientific literature. “I tried to have it not just be about statistics, but about bigger trends. Even when this information is out of date, I think people are going to want to look back on how this fentanyl crisis got off the ground.” Chris Faraone is the editorial director of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. This article was produced in collaboration with BINJ as part of its Film Intervening Getting High Team (FIGHT) initiative. feedback@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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A dozen very good boys (and girls) who would love to find a home for the holidays BY SOLOM ON G U STAVO, T HA DD E U S MCCO L LU M , M ATTH E W MOY E R A N D J E SS I C A B RYCE YO UNG
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or the past two years, we’ve run a “12 Cats of Christmas” cover feature, and while those were a hit, we’ve gone allout heartwarming with this year’s inaugural “12 Dogs of Christmas.” Because nothing says seasonal and Baby Yoda-level cute than an adorable pooch wrapped in a wintry scarf. All of these puppers are currently adoptable (as of press time) from the Orange County Animal Shelter, and warm thanks are in order to Paul Wean, Joan Reines and the tireless team
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behind Pawsitive Shelter Photography (motto: “Saving good pets through better photography”) for creating heart-melting and festive moods for our cover stars. So if you can find room in your hearts and homes this holiday season, be a combination heroic Santa Claus, heart-three-sizestoo-big Grinch, and Polar Express Conductor and make these li’l doggies’ wishes come true. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a bouncing ball.
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NAME: Pantera (A249104) GENDER: Female AGE: 4 STAR SIGN: Scorpio THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Infinite scratches behind my ears GUILTY PLEASURES: Reality television (I actually can see what’s on the screen) JOBS BEFORE MODELING: Professional fetcher PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Clifford HIDDEN TALENT: Can win every staring contest AMBITIONS: Singlehandedly render Ring technology obsolete FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Singlehandedly render Ring technology obsolete
NAME: Dotty (A443948) GENDER: Female AGE: 3 STAR SIGN: Aries JOBS BEFORE THIS: Human-walker HIDDEN TALENT: My fur is in proven fact softer than velvet WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS? The perfect balance of quantity and quality in belly rubs PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: Snoopy DREAM OCCUPATION: “Dogs Playing Poker” painting model
Buddha NAME: Buddha (A443770) GENDER: Male AGE: 11 THINGS THAT MAKE ME HAPPY: Lounging in the shade of the Bo Tree GUILTY PLEASURES: Logging into your Facebook account and shitposting in the “This Cat Is Chonky” group FAVORITE SONG: “Bodhisattva,” by Steely Dan JOBS BEFORE THIS: Richard Gere’s emotional support animal PEOPLE I ADMIRE: The Dalai Lama HIDDEN TALENT: Staring deep into your soul, divining all your hidden secrets and insecurities, bathing you in the love of the All-One. Also, chewing up an entire roll of toilet paper AMBITIONS: Heal the world; eat infinite peanut butter
NAME: Mr. Blue (A444037) GENDER: Male AGE: 3 STAR SIGN: Gemini TURN-ONS: Head scratches, squeak toys, the occasional lick of soft-serve ice cream FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Answering the immortal question “Who’s a good boy!” with an excited bark and/or yelp PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: Tie: Odie, Laika FAVORITE HANGOUT: Wherever you are IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: On a dog park world tour
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Guinness
NAME: Guinness (A443707) AGE: 2-ish GENDER: Male IDEAL VACATION GETAWAY: Any bar patio with a free water bowl THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS: Pretending to throw a ball and not actually throwing the ball PEOPLE I ADMIRE: Santa HIDDEN TALENT: Getting the treat out of the Kong toy FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Roll around in their bed DREAM OCCUPATION: French fry inspector GUILTY PLEASURE: Cats SECRET WISH: To get my pilot’s license THINGS I’M GREAT AT: Belly rubs (receiving), ear scratches (receiving), treats (receiving) FAVORITE BOOK: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
jake owen
NAME: Jake Owen (A443915) GENDER: Male AGE: 3 STAR SIGN: Gemini TURN-ONS: Riding in the car, wagging my tail, fetching the ball, reading The Economist GUILTY PLEASURES: Watching Hallmark holiday movies FAVORITE ACTIVITIES: Wearing scarves, shopping for scarves, watching you knit me a scarf, talking to other dogs about scarves PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: John Maynard Keynes FAVORITE HANGOUT: The Black Sheep yarn store on Fairbanks Avenue IF I COULD GO ANYWHERE, I WOULD GO: To live at Martha Stewart’s stately Connecticut manor and play with yarn forever
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NAME: Jewels (A444121) GENDER: Female AGE: 8 STAR SIGN: Sagittarius JOBS BEFORE MODELING: None; I was born to strike a pose and pose I shall, forever HIDDEN TALENT: Finding the light, making cheap clothes look amazing, biting bad photographers in the ass WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS? Leafing through international foreign magazines, chewing on the faces of my beautiful competitors PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: Carmen Dell’Orefice FAVORITE BLOG: Advanced Style DREAM OCCUPATION: Being my own glamorous self, darling
NAME: Seven (A444124) STAR SIGN: Capricorn Age: 4 GENDER: Male AMBITIONS: To one day have antlers of my very own WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS? Having a hand on my belly and a treat in my mouth and a ball in my mouth and a chew toy in my mouth WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? That my new owners will forget about my heartworm treatment even though the cost is completely covered by a generous sponsor WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS? Stinginess PERSON I MOST ADMIRE: Billie Eilish DREAM OCCUPATION: Flying reindeer
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NAME: Lola (A443985) AGE: 6 GENDER: Female WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS? Going on a car ride WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? That car ride ending at the vet WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST ADMIRE IN YOURSELF? My trusting nature WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST ADMIRE IN OTHERS? Generosity WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE? My soon-tobe new owners WHO ARE YOUR FAVORITE WRITERS? I don’t know how to read. It’s really a miracle that I’m writing this coherently. IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE? To be able to see in color ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE? Sometimes people ask me who’s a good girl and I say I am, but I’m never 100 percent sure.
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joanie
NAME: Serena (A441159) AGE: 2-ish GENDER: Female STAR SIGN: Taurus GUILTY PLEASURES: A long bath FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Meditate, do a little yoga HIDDEN TALENT: Baiting humans into a game of fetch SECRET WISH: Make Air Bud a reality SEXIEST DATE ACTIVITY: A walk in an alley, with a modicum of peeing FAVORITE BOOK: The novelization of Star Trek but with dogs tho
diamond
NAME: Diamond (A444136) AGE: Around 4 GENDER: Female STAR SIGN: Libra FAVORITE SONG IN THE CLUB: “Sweet Caroline,” by Neil Diamond THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS: Stingy petting HIDDEN TALENT: Pooping without making eye contact DREAM OCCUPATION: Beta testing couch cushions in Silicon Valley SECRET WISH: To pretend to sniff Trump’s butt then bite it. When he’s wearing shorts FAVORITE BOOK: Transcripts of Real Housewives episodes
lola
NAME: Joanie (A443371) AGE: 2, give or take a doggy month GENDER: Female STAR SIGN: Leo THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS: Clean butts HIDDEN TALENT: Finding stinky butts DREAM OCCUPATION: Anesthesiologist GUILTY PLEASURES: Befriending mail carriers FAVORITE THING TO DO WHEN MY HUMANS ARE AWAY: Trash Marley & Me on Twitter BEST FIRST DATE DISH: Shoe smells, butt smells, crotch smells … or maybe a nice pho spot
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David McElroy’s One Man Christmas Carol is a cherished Orlando theater tradition celebrating its 22nd year in 2019 DAVID MCELROY AS EBENEZER SCROOGE | PHOTO COURTESY PENGUIN POINT PRODUCTIONS
As a secular Jew, during the holi- 1995. “We heard all about the great stuff over the years, eliminating a few minor day season you’re far more likely to find me at a winter solstice celebration than Midnight Mass, but there is one Yuletide ritual I attend to religiously: the annual recitation of the Book of Dickens, better known as A Christmas Carol. Orlando’s theaters have observed this sacred rite for ages, and while some beloved long-running local productions of Scrooge’s story (such as Theatre Downtown’s full-cast adaptation and Robin Olson’s three-person Dickens by Candlelight) have ended, you can always count on other area troupes [full disclosure: including Phantasmagoria, which I co-produce] to carry on the annual tradition. However, one recurring take on this ghostly tale has been haunting Central Florida’s stages even longer than I have. On Sunday and Monday, Dec. 22 and 23, David McElroy presents his One Man Christmas Carol at Penguin Point Productions (pen guinpointproductions.com), making 2019 the 22nd consecutive year he has transformed into the avaricious Ebenezer, the tremulous Tiny Tim, and 35 other characters from Dickens’ holiday-defining chestnut. I recently spoke with McElroy and his partner, director Marylin McGinnis, to learn about the development of their take on this cherished classic and how they’ve witnessed Orlando’s theater community evolving along with it. McElroy has been an actor for “probably over 40 years” and has been writing plays since the 1980s, with five produced one-man shows to his name. An Oklahoma native with a master’s degree from University of Arkansas, McElroy was a selfdescribed “nomad” wandering from coast to coast until meeting McGinnis while they were both performing summer stock in Wisconsin. After spending several years in both New York and Minnesota, the couple and their children moved to Orlando in
that was going on at Universal and Disney, and all the different television shows that were going on,” says McElroy. That was the era of the Civic Theatre and Mark Two Dinner Theater, before many of today’s major theater companies existed. When nobody else showed up for a scriptwriting seminar, McElroy and McGinnis joined with friends to found Playwrights’ Round Table, which has now mentored emerging authors for over 20 years. The pair also created Southern Winds Theatre, which produced the very first play I ever reviewed for Orlando Weekly. Even after all these years, “we still don’t have a theater space,” says McElroy, a common refrain among local producers. “We kind of pop up here and there when we have something going on, and of course Christmas Carol every year.” That show itself started at a Thornton Park venue that has long since vanished, and originated in 1997 after McElroy heard a recording of Patrick Stewart’s one-man Christmas Carol on Broadway. Their adaptation began as a full-scale production featuring a substantial set and elaborate masks, but “we found that was a bit cumbersome,” says McElroy, “so the next year we ditched all that and just used a chair, and that’s what we’ve been doing for the last 21 years.” During those decades, McElroy has performed the show at Seminole State College, Stardust Video & Coffee and Blue Bamboo, not to mention countless private houses, churches and retirement homes. This year, they’re helping James Brendlinger (whom McGinnis calls “a really solid guy”) celebrate Penguin Point’s first Christmas at Oviedo Mall. Brendlinger in turn calls the show “a true Central Florida holiday tradition,” saying that he’s thrilled that Penguin Point is “the latest stop in the 22-year journey.” Although it has been edited slightly
moments, the script still sticks close to Dickens’ original text, aside from some elaborations inspired by McElroy’s other favorite interpretation, the movie musical Scrooge starring Albert Finney. And while he admits he loves playing Scrooge, McElroy says his favorite character to inhabit is Mrs. Cratchit, because “she is very strong, and very vulnerable, and that’s the way Marylin has shaped her for me.” For her part, McGinnis says that “keeping it fresh” has been her main job as director over the years, which she accomplishes by concentrating on “delving into the characters more and more” and adding more interaction between McElroy and the audience, without losing sight of the simple story at the heart of what she suggests has become a kind of nondenominational Testament. “It really doesn’t matter what religion you are,” she says. “I think everybody relates [to Scrooge’s redemption], no matter what religion: Christian, Jewish, atheist, whatever. That there’s always a possibility of change for the good. I think that’s why it’s played for so many years.” This year’s production is extra special for McGinnis and McElroy, because it’s the second time that their daughter Chloe – a UCF graduate who made her Christmas Carol stage debut at age 6 as a caroler – will be running the sound board. “It’s really great, she knows most of the lines,” says McGinnis. “She’s actually really fabulous with script analysis … it’s really fun to have her opinion in there as well.” McElroy says he hopes that family feeling will extend to the audience as well, adding, “What’s it’s all about for me is to bring everyone together in a holiday spirit of camaraderie, because there’s so much division nowadays with things, it makes me feel good to say ‘God bless us, every one.’” skubersky@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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ly. The sammie comes with hand-cut fries served in a fry basket, a small but differentiating detail that just adds to the diner’s charm. In your face, Denny’s. Those fries came with the chicken cheesesteak ($10), too. The special may not convert chopped steak purists, but a gratifying lunch it certainly did make. The onions and red peppers were expected; the white cheddar and garlic aioli were pleasant surprises. And it’s served on a roll from the Olde Hearth Bread Co. – no argument here. Can’t say the vegan burger ($11) hit similar levels of satisfaction – slapping Morningstar’s spicy black bean patty into a hamburger bun won’t leave discerning meat-spurners swooning – but Diaz does serve a homemade patty fashioned from corn, potatoes, chipotle peppers, garlic, onion and cauliflower. Just not on this particular day. Diaz’s mom, Deb, is a bit of a savant when it comes to gluten-free baking – the chocolate banana cake ($5) and red velvet cupcake ($2) being prime, and very moist, examples. And while the pumpkin cheesecake brownie ($2) may draw mixed reactions, you’ll agree that a new indie diner in Casselberry, well now, that is sweet. fkara@orlandoweekly.com
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e’s been a grillmaster at Henry Salgado’s long-closed Txokos Basque Kitchen, chef de cuisine at Jamie McFadden’s Cuisiniers Catered Cuisine, and executive chef at Café Linger, where he served dishes that went above and beyond your standard coffeehouse fare. Now, after 22 years in the biz, Alex Diaz has settled into more humble digs – a snug little neighborhood breakfast-and-lunch joint he owns and operates with his mother in a nondescript Casselberry strip mall. To have a chef-driven diner in these chain-filled parts is a bit of an anomaly, but there Diaz is in the kitchen, behind the dining room’s cutesy Hobby Lobby decor, tam on backward and working the grill and fry station with great abandon. The redolence of garlic and onion that walloped our senses one morning all but assured that home fries would be the side of choice with Alex’s fluffy pancakes ($9), and fluffy they were. The home fries were tops too, but for a place with “fresh kitchen” in its name, I would’ve expected – oh no, here
OPENINGS Cavo’s Bar & Kitchen, the latest con-
cept to give it a go in the space that’s seen a slew of restaurants from Midnight Blue to Truck Stop to, most recently, Felipe Rodriguez Tequila House, has soft opened in Thornton Park. The sports bar serves cocktails and “Northeastinfluenced cuisine” like cheesesteaks, Italian sandwiches, wings and more … Bao’s Castle will open inside the Sodo Shopping Center next door to Gator’s Dockside at the end of February. In addition to bao, they’ll serve beer and wine … Local hibachi and sushi outfit Kyoto Sushi & Grill will open next summer in the space recently vacated by Baja Burrito Kitchen in the Colonial Plaza … Look for Baja Fresh Mexican Grill and Built Custom Burgers to open inside the new travel plaza on the south entrance of the Orlando International Airport … Taqueria Las Cazuelas has opened in the space recently vacated by Gyroville at 10360 E. Colonial Drive … Kona Poke has opened its second area location, this one in Sanford at 1813 WP Ball Blvd. The first Kona Poke opened on Wheelhouse Lane in Lake Mary about a year ago … Sonny’s BBQ in Apopka has reopened in a 5,900-square-foot space with a new look complete with modern lighting, seating and decor.
CLOSINGS
After 37 years in business, Kim Wu Chinese Restaurant on Kirkman Road
will close permanently at the end of January … Graffiti Junktion on Church Street has also closed.
NEWS Tony Mantuano, the James Beard
Award-winning chef and face of Terralina Crafted Italian in Disney Springs, is no longer associated with the Disney Springs restaurant or its parent company, Levy Restaurants. In fact, Mantuano has left his Chicago restaurant Spiaggia and has moved to Italy … Cress Restaurant’s Hari Pulapaka and his wife, Jenneffer, have been invited to cook at the venerable James Beard House in anticipation of their forthcoming cookbook Sinfully Vegetarian. Visit jamesbeard.org/events for more … Jinya Ramen Bar is serving its winter ramen called Tokyo Tonkotsu now through Feb. 29. The ramen is made with pork broth, pork chashu, green onion, kikurage, onion, seasoned egg and thin ramen noodles.
he goes again! – maple syrup to be served instead of the cloying manufactured swill that is table syrup. The real stuff is, evidently, offered for an upcharge though there’s no mention of it on the menu. There’s a vanillainfused table syrup served with the mini chicken and waffles ($11) and while the goop went largely untouched, the rest of the dish – the crispy, seasoned chicken; the fat, airy waffles; even the drizzle of vanilla sauce – lent mouthfuls of soul. The heady waft of bacon, not garlic and onion, that smacked us in the face on a lunchtime visit all but assured that the smoked turkey club ($11) would be a part of our midday repast. The wheat bread, toasted yet soft and spread with an arugula aioli, held additional fillings of avocado, white cheddar, butter lettuce and heirloom tomatoes nice-
EVENTS Sushi Pop in Oviedo celebrates its
ninth anniversary with a special bash on Saturday, Dec. 28. On Dec. 30, they’ll host a nine-course Chef’s Omakase for $99 with seatings at 6 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Go to squareup.com/store/sushipop for tickets. Got restaurant dish? Send tips to dining@orlandoweekly.com
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TERRALINA CRAFTED ITALIAN This restaurant touts the charms and delights of Italy’s Lake District, but don’t expect a seafood-focused menu – rather, you’ll find one offering a snapshot of the Boot’s best: antipasti, meatballs, pastas (some house-made) and wood-fired pizzas. There are grilled items to be had as well (pork chops, ribeye, mahi) and a decent list of Italian wines. Open daily. 1650 E. Buena Vista Drive, Lake Buena Vista, 407-934-8888; $$$
DELANEY’S TAVERN SoDo’s newest boutique hotel has a worthy hotel restaurant that doubles as a neighborhood hang for denizens of Delaney Park. The bar is low-key yet inviting, and the lounge area makes an ideal spot to enjoy a menu of the globe’s greatest hits – shrimp and grits, vegan paella, brie en croute, blue crab beignets and more. And the cocktail game is strong. Open daily. 1315 S. Orange Ave., 407-849-0801; $$
TORI TORI Slick Mills 50 cocktail bar is a modern izakaya at heart offering sizzling yakitori and kushiyaki, bar bites of substance and hand rolls stuffed with everything from Hokkaido scallops to uni to otoro. The food here is as impeccably crafted as the drinks. Open daily at 5:30 p.m., stays open until 2 a.m. 720 N. Mills Ave., toritoripub.com; $
MAKANI Prices are steep, but Makani’s fare celebrating Egypt’s contributions to world cuisine are top-notch. In addition to street food staples like carb-heavy koshary, spiced kebda (beef liver) and hawawshi (pita stuffed with minced beef), there are plush kebabs, earthy stews and syrupy sweets. Fresh fruit juices supplant alcoholic beverages. Hookah is offered on the patio. Open daily until 2 a.m. 8255 International Drive, 407-723-1243; $$$ CONTINUED ON PAGE 34
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opping a bottle of Champagne on New Year’s Eve is tantamount to lighting Roman candles as a kid. Once you hear that initial “POP!” it’s hard not to feel giddy. While sipping Champagne is symbolic of lively celebrations, the sticker price can sometimes leave you in shock. Although there are some quality, moderately priced Champagnes available, it’s good to know you have more options. With the help of ABC Fine Wine & Spirits wine experts, we’ve cleared some confusion about sparkling wine, while providing some suggestions to help you find the right wine to cheers with this New Year.
All Champagne is sparkling wine, but not all sparkling wine is Champagne.
Wine expert Bill Stobbs explains it best: “Champagne is the king of sparkling wines. But in order to be called Champagne it must meet a few prerequisites. First of all, it has to come from the Champagne region in northern France. Next, it has to be made from certain grapes – Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. (There are four other lesser grapes that can be used but these represent only about 0.02% of total acreage.) Finally, Champagne has to be made using a special process for getting the bubbles
in the wine. This is secondary fermentation in each and every bottle and is often referred to as ‘methode champenoise’ or ‘methode traditionelle.’” If you don’t want to break tradition and you want to stock up on Champagne for New Year’s Eve, we suggest Haton Brut Classic or Haton Brut Reserve.
What are sparkling wines from France, but not made in the region of Champagne?
Crémants are sparkling wines made in France using the same method of production of Champagne but are not from the Champagne region. “Crémant de Bourgogne is an appellation of Burgundy, just south of Champagne, exhibiting similar climate and using the same grape varieties, (Pinot Noir and Chardonnay),” says ABC French Wines Expert, Atanas Nechkov. “They use the same Classic Champagne Method for the secondary fermentation. The grapes for all Crémant de Bourgogne are hand harvested. So, if you are looking for a Champagne taste without the “Champagne” budget, Crémant de Bourgogne is as close as you are going to get.
The popularity of Prosecco.
“Prosecco has seen ever-increasing
and Spanish family traditions. If you plan on throwing a party and need to buy bubbly in bulk, Cava is choice. Unless your guests are amateur sommeliers, chances are they will not know you aren’t serving them Champagne. We suggest Dominio de la Peseta Cava. It hosts aromas and flavors of white flowers, star fruit and ripe citrus. Much like Champagne, it has small bubbles and persistent effervescence.
popularity in recent years and is currently one of the bestselling sparkling wines in the U.S. today as well as Florida ABC stores. Prosecco is an Italian sparkling wine produced from a very specific region in north east Italy about an hour north of Venice,” says Italian wines expert, Paul Quaglini. “Prosecco offers a tremendous value especially when compared to French Champagne. It has a light, fruity flavor profile with a refreshing simplicity that is just easy to drink and understand.”
Want something a little sweeter?
We suggest Collalto Prosecco Superior Brut DOCG. The Collalto family has been making wine since the Middle Ages, so they’ve had time to perfect their Prosecco. The “DOCG” stands for Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita or Denomination of Controlled and Guaranteed Origin – meaning it is the highest designation of quality among Italian wines.
“For those people who are looking for a sparkling wine that are a tad sweeter than the usual Extra Dry or Brut, look for those that are listed as Demi-Sec,” says wine expert Bill Stobbs. “DemiSec sparklers are still somewhat dry but not bone-dry. They are great for celebrations and gatherings because people who like dry styles or sweet styles will still accept Demi-Sec.”
What is the most budgetfriendly sparkling wine?
If you are looking for a good quality bubbly that’s truly fit for a tight budget, then the Cava, the sparkling wine from Spain is your best bet. It is made using the Traditional Champagne method but uses different grapes varietals. Most Cavas are produced in the Penedès area of Catalonia, where it is known as a “must have” at Catalan orlandoweekly.com
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MOROCCAN BREEZE
Moroccan food stall inside Apna Bazaar on South OBT offers regal fare in kingly portions, most notably the “Royal Couscous” with snappy merguez sausage, lamb and chicken. Savory pastries like chicken bastilla are an absolute must, as is the lamb tagine. Harira soup with khobz bread and eggplant zaalouk makes for memorable meatless dining. End with mint tea and Moroccan ghriba (cookies). Closed Mondays. 9404 S. Orange Blossom Trail, 407-730-4698; $$
DUE AMICI
College Park gets yet another Italian restaurant, and this one is good enough to compete with the rest of the trattorias and pizzerias along Edgewater Drive. Scratch-made pizzas are a highlight, as is the outdoor patio, which has sprung an awning since its days as Kingfish Grill. Open daily. 2124 Edgewater Drive, 407730-7747; $$
WORLD’S MAGIC RESTAURANT
The city’s first (to our knowledge) Saudi restaurant serves Bedouin-influenced rice-and-meat staples as well as Saudistyle Indonesian fare. Both gareesh, a savory chicken porridge topped with ghee-slicked caramelized onions, and remarkably thin and crisp beef den den make superior starters. Saudi rice dish mandi lamb and the Indonesian platter piled with everything from beef rendang to mysterious pasta with red sauce are more substantial offerings. The satay sizzles. Ending with passable kunafa is your choice. Open daily 5–9:45 p.m. No alcohol is served. 7044 International Drive, 407-203-3330; $$
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The pizzas steal the show at this slick new vegan joint in deepest Windermere. The focaccia-like crust stands up to vegetable toppings (sogginess being a classic vegan pizza fail) and those toppings are fantastic: The perversely named “Meat Lovers” has roasted cauliflower, shiitake “bacon” slices, fennel-farro “sausage” crumbles and dollops of macadamia-nut “ricotta.” Also of positive note: perfect fries and thickas-a-concrete milkshakes. 5845 Winter Garden Vineland Road, Windermere, 407-349-8800; $$
KAIZEN IZAKAYA
It’s out with the old and in with the new as the old Amura on Church Street gets a long-overdue rebrand. You’ll find all the trendy pan-Asian trappings of the modern izakaya – ramen, Korean fried chicken, bao, donburi – but quality cuts of Japanese fish as well. The moriawase gets you 14 pieces for $35, but don’t overlook Korean staples like that KFC and a comforting bowl of kimchi yakiudon noodles. Open daily. 54 W. Church St., 407-316-8500; $$ n
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FILM LISTINGS ’90s Christmas Classics: Home Alone and Jingle All the Way Double feature of two Christmas comedies, one about terrible dads doing their shopping at the last minute, and one about a terrible family leaving their child at home alone for a week. Friday, 6:30 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Cartoons & Cereal Christmas Specials Three hours of holiday specials from cartoon series of the ’80s and ’90s, along with a cereal bar. Saturday, 10 am; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. Fantastic Fungi A vivid journey into the mysterious subterranean world of mycelium and its fruit, the mushroom. Friday-Tuesday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org.
Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce in The Two Popes
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espite differing views of Catholic theology, Pope Benedict and Pope Francis are apparently good friends and have enjoyed each other’s company since Francis’ papal ascension in 2013. But no one can be sure of what they have discussed. If only walls could talk. In The Two Popes, walls do talk. Chapels chatter. Ceilings sing. And together they speak one of the smartest and intellectually stimulating screenplays of the year. Directed by Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardener) and written by Anthony McCarten, who based it on his 2017 play, The Pope, the film relays a mostly imagined series of conversations between the two popes prior to Benedict stepping down from the throne of Saint Peter. Not satisfied with Benedict’s explanation of advancing age and declining health, McCarten speculates as to the real reason for the exceedingly rare resignation and fantasizes about the role Francis and his comparatively radical philosophy might have played. This isn’t the first time McCarten has inserted fantasy into nonfiction, as he also penned The
Theory of Everything, Darkest Hour and Bohemian Rhapsody, but The Two Popes plays more loosely with reality than those three films combined. The talks take place both at the pope’s rural residence and in Rome. The Vatican does not accommodate filmmakers, however, so production designers had to re-create the Sistine Chapel and other locales, and the mix of practical sets and CGI is astonishing. But Meirelles isn’t content with a religious version of My Dinner With Andre. Instead, he infuses his film with boundlessly energetic, almost frenetic storytelling, relying on anachronistic music, unexpected humor, restless camerawork, quick cuts, changing aspect ratios, documentary footage and dialogue in at least five languages. Meirelles and McCarten even insert a second, more factual narrative into the first. That additional story focuses on Francis’ life as a young man in Argentina, when he was known as Jorge Bergoglio. And though it adds complexity and moral ambiguity to the film, it occasionally feels muddled, even sandwiched-in. One can question that sec-
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THE TWO POPES
Movie Monday: Trolls Christmas & Elf Christmas movie double feature. Monday, 6:30 pm; À La Cart, 609 Irvington Ave.; free; 407-776-4693; alacartorlando.com.
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HHHHH ond story’s necessity, especially because it leaves less time for the captivating interplay between Benedict and Francis. But no one should question Meirelles’ command of his craft and passion for his story. “I cannot play this role anymore,” Benedict tells Francis regarding his pending resignation. But Anthony Hopkins can, and then some, as the 81-year-old legend reminds us why he’s arguably the greatest actor of his generation. However, it’s Jonathan Pryce, as Francis, who has the slightly larger part, which he infuses with humanity, comedy and tenderness. Still, it’s Hopkins who is more likely to get the Oscar nomination in a crowded field. And though the film is, at its heart, a two-hander, Argentinian actor Juan Minujín is memorable as the young Bergoglio. In his literary companion to the film, The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World, McCarten quotes Francis: “Sin is more than a stain that can be removed by a trip to the dry cleaner. It is a wound that needs to be treated, healed.” Though cinema more often entertains, it can on rare occasions heal wounds both intellectual and spiritual. The Two Popes falls just short of that accomplishment, but it comes tantalizingly close. feedback@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
Movie in the Park: Elf Free outdoor screening of the Will Ferrell holiday comedy. Friday, 5:30 pm; Blue Jacket Park, 2501 General Rees Ave.; free.
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Peanut Butter Matinee: The Wizard of Oz A girl from Kansas and her dog team up with two golems and a wild beast to assassinate a woman after being duped into being pawns of the patriarchy. Sunday, noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $9; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. Rare Exports A Finnish boy and his father capture what appears to be Santa, but is actually one of the real Santa’s evil minions. Saturday, noon; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $10; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Studio Ghibli anime film about a tiny girl found inside a stalk of bamboo. Wednesday, 7 pm; multiple locations; $12.50; fathomevents.com. They Shall Not Grow Old Peter Jackson’s documentary about World War I, featuring restored and enhanced photographs and film from the period. Wednesday, 4 & 7 pm; multiple locations; $15.98; fathomevents.com. The Two Popes Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins star as Popes Francis I and Benedict XVI during a meeting at the Vatican to discuss the future of the Catholic Church. Through Thursday; Enzian Theater, 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland; $12; 407-629-0054; enzian.org. DEC. 18-24, 2019 ● ORLANDO WEEKLY
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Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie in Bombshell PHOTO COURTESY LIONSGATE
BY STEVE SCHNEIDER
OPENING THIS WEEK: Bombshell Yeah, sexual harassment in the workplace is a terrible thing. And sure, Roger Ailes was a nightmarish pseudohuman whose name deserves to be dragged through the mud for all time. But when it comes to my need for righteous on-screen heroines, how far down the list do I have to go until I can feel genuine sympathy for a bunch of wingnut bimbos who spent years polluting the body politic with all manner of racist culture-war doggerel? Even if they’re played by the likes of A-listers Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie? Let’s just say it’s pretty far. Or, if you need it set to music: I don’t care what de Charlize say, Santa Claus is a black man. (R) Cats The distinctly unconvincing trailers for this high-profile Broadway adaptation have inspired 2019’s most frenzied feline-related social-media activity that doesn’t involve a white lady pointing and screaming. The reaction, in fact, has been so resoundingly negative that director Tom Hooper had to take the risky step of reassuring the press that the finished film is going to look a whole lot better. Man, I’m so old I remember when Ang Lee was saying the same thing about the Hulk. So I guess that means that, a decade from now, Bustopher Jones will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe and all will finally be right with the world. Except with Megyn Kelly, who’ll still be out here sayin’ black cats aren’t real. (PG) Fantastic Fungi Time-lapse cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg has made his name
meticulously documenting the doings of living things that seem inert but are actually moving almost imperceptibly. Like flowers, and forests, and Bill Murray. In his latest doc, Schwartzberg turns his attention to the fungus among us – the spores, molds and stuff that, as it turns out, you don’t have to be Egon Spengler to appreciate. (Two Ghostbusters references in two sentences? I’m positive hell when a trailer drops!) (NR; tentatively scheduled to open Friday at Enzian Theater, Maitland) A Hidden Life Speaking of things that move so slowly you almost don’t even notice, Terrence Malick has a new film. It tells the true story of a Nazi resister in World War II-era Austria, and sure enough, it runs three hours. Things weren’t exactly a sprint behind the camera, either: Editing took a full two years, in which time co-stars Michael Nyqvist and Bruno Ganz both passed away. Yeah, you know what? When post-production turns into post-mortem, I peace out. (PG-13) Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Better hope they had time to cram that baby into it. (PG-13)
ALSO PLAYING: Mickey and the Bear Actor Annabelle Attanasio dropped out of CBS’ Bull to write and direct her first feature, which tells the story of a young woman navigating a difficult relationship with her dad. Interestingly, Attanasio’s own father, Paul, is a writer for Bull. So I’m betting she was just trying to get away from him. (R; playing at Regal Winter Park Village & RPX) orlandoweekly.com
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[ concert preview ] REVEREND HORTON HEAT with Voodoo Glow Skulls, the 5.6.7.8’s, Dave Alvin
GREAT LIVE MUSIC RATTLES ORLANDO EVERY NIGHT
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TRICKED-OUT YULE TRADITION
Reverend Horton Heat puts the hootenanny back in Christmas BY NICK MCGREGOR
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unch “Christmas music is …” into your web browser of choice and prepare for the algorithm-assisted onslaught: • “Christmas music is good for you.” • “Christmas music is bad for your mental health.” • “Christmas music is torture.” As Meat Loaf is fond of saying, two out of three ain’t bad – if you’re a Christmas music pessimist. But Jim Heath, frontman and founder of Reverend Horton Heat, is decidedly not a pessimist when it comes to carrying on the tradition of mid-century mistletoe gems. From “Frosty the Snowman” to “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” to “What Child Is This,” Heath and his backing band have spent 15 years spiking the Christmas punch with rockabilly, blues and Western swing flourishes. Reverend Horton Heat’s 2005 holiday album We Three Kings remains one of the band’s best sellers, and in recent years Heath has put together an annual psychobilly package tour dubbed the Holiday
Hayride. Think cult Americana artists like Texas blues ace Junior Brown, California swing aficionado Big Sandy, and countrypunk pioneers the Blasters. For the 2019 Holiday Hayride, Blasters co-founder Dave Alvin is a featured guest, alongside ska visionaries Voodoo Glow Skulls, garage punks New Bomb Turks and Japanese surf specialists the 5.6.7.8’s. “These are all established bands that sell tickets wherever they go,” Heath tells Orlando Weekly, “which makes the whole tour better.” Backing up Dave Alvin, however, is what Heath calls “a dream come true,” citing the Blasters as a major influence on his own career. “Dave and Phil Alvin and the Blasters were one of the main bands to bring back rockabilly,” Heath says. “Those guys know their history and their music; they’re accomplished blues players. But when I saw them for the first time at the Hot Klub, which was the Dallas punk club, it was more like a punk rock show than a blues show. It was high energy rock & roll!” That reverence comes across loud and
clear in Heath’s approach to Christmas music, as well. Every Holiday Hayride show starts with a reinterpretation of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” channeled through the classic Batman theme and runs through revved-up versions of other deep Christmas gems like “Pretty Paper” and “Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy.” Learning these classics – many of which were penned by songwriting legends like Buck Owens and Haven Gillespie – isn’t easy, Heath emphasizes. “Christmas songs are a lot harder than you might imagine! ‘Frosty the Snowman’ has so many pages of lyrics, along with a lot of what we call 6-25-1 turnarounds. That midcentury kind of Americana, when so many bands, artists and orchestras were able to make recordings and sell them to the public, will live forever.” Heath admits he’s not as hell-bent on spinning yuletide tunes through a devilish Texas-fried filter as people think he is. “I was raised in a traditional family where Christmas was a big deal every year, so that’s the way I try to make it for my children, as well,” he says. “I don’t fall into all the Christmas schtick; we barely put up any lights, but we get together for a traditional family dinner.” However, Heath and his right-hand men who help him plan the Holiday Hayride have fallen into the oldest American shopping cliché: buying Christmas decorations in October. “That’s not something I ever would have thought I’d be doing,” he laughs. “But now we have to find a road-worthy way of transporting all this stuff I buy at Hobby Lobby.” If it seems like an improbably mainstream habit for one of American music’s most hellraising rebels, well, Heath’s OK with that. And Heath is also OK with turning his attention to his new label Fun-Guy Records after the Holiday Hayride wraps up in Orlando. (“Will it be in the 70s by then?” Heath asks while audibly shivering on the other end of the line in Toronto. “It’s cold and blustery here – 28 degrees.”) An EP by California cult favorite Jimmy Dale and a 7-inch single by New York young gun McKinley James are on deck for a 2020 release. “I love what I do, and I’m motivated to keep doing it,” Heath finishes in his trademark Texas drawl. “The thought is, ‘If we quit, it’ll all go away.’ So we keep on working.” music@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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Beth McKee Local roots maestro McKee plays a stripped-down gig with her guitarist, Grant Peyton. 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18, at the Imperial at Washburn Imports, free
Anuel AA Puerto Rican trap sensation Anuel AA is back in a big way. Expect a scorcher. 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Amway Center, $39-$149
Townsky’s Holiday Revue Ad hoc collective of local soul luminaries runs through the seasonal songbook, all for free! 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, at the New Standard, free
We Wish You a Rockin’ Christmas Part 2 Metallurgists and heavy music enthusiasts from all around the country converge on the Haven Lounge to play a seasonal charity benefit. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at the Haven Lounge, $10
SWIMM Orlando expatriates and excellent psych-pop practitioners return for a hometown holiday show with Take Lead, the Hails and more. 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, at Soundbar, $10
Xavier Wulf Raider Klan alum and fearsome solo MC Wulf headlines Soundbar as a welcome live return to Orlando. 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, at Soundbar, $20-$30
The Circle Christmas Eve edition of Thomas Wynn’s live songwriters circle. Hoping for a cover of “Christmastime Is Near.” 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, at the New Standard, free
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Next week’s paper will be the
last issue of 2019, so that can only mean the annual Underground Awards, in which I sprinkle the superlatives on the most noteworthy things that happened in the Orlando music scene this year. A Christmas miracle!
EUGENE CHADBOURNE AT WILL’S PUB, DEC. 11
Over a winding, restless career four decades and counting, subversive master Eugene Chadbourne has turned over practically all the major cornerstones of modern American music – rock, roots, jazz, you name it. Doing this in his singular and curious way has etched him in lore as an underground titan in the worlds of avant-garde, jazz and left-field music. All this is to say that it was anyone’s guess as to where his show would take us, and that’s a nice prospect. What ensued was a solo performance that was as much personality as craft. His set was packed with cover songs, though that sounds way more conventional on paper than it actually was. This is Eugene Chadbourne we’re talking about. In fact, apart from an easily discerned Sabbath riff, I got through about a quarter of his set, transfixed by his signature stylings, before a friend snapped me out of my trance and clued me to the fact that he was actually doing a bunch of remakes. But Chadbourne’s takes are so unpredictable and individual that he practically makes the songs his own. From then on came his personal bending of other songs by the likes of the Zombies, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake and Blaze Foley. Although he’s a noted player of gui-
Eugene Chadbourne turned songs into transcendental hill music that charged with bluegrass precision and shimmered like abstract, rippling waters
tar and banjo, what really distinguishes Chadbourne is his blend of technique and character. In the opening banjo stretch of his performance, he turned songs into transcendental hill music that simultaneously charged with bluegrass precision and shimmered like abstract, rippling waters. When he moved over to electric guitar, things kicked from hard country twang on out to something resembling Daniel Johnston–turned–guitar hero. It’s the magic that happens when skill of this magnitude is put in service of a beautifully oblique mind.
MANNEQUIN PUSSY AT SOUNDBAR, DEC. 13
Even though I’ve seen emergent Philadelphia band Mannequin Pussy before, I haven’t really. They were last scheduled here to open up for the mighty Hot Snakes at the Abbey back in May, and they did. However, they were essentially without the voice of Marisa Dabice, who had fallen ill enough to cancel their previous show. Though it did yield a pretty touching local connection when they invited anyone in the audience who
knew their lyrics to come onstage and basically front the band (which local fan Meg Tracy did), it wasn’t a proper Mannequin Pussy show. They would, however, make up for it with a vengeance in this auspicious return, one that had the band at full steam, with a pivotal new album out and in the headlining spotlight. Firing on all pistons again, the band brought fury. Dabice came ready to rage with full voice and presence, restoring the power, humanity and even seduction that’s the core of Mannequin Pussy. More than simply blunt punk force, this performance showed a band on an exciting threshold. Besides being on a bigger label (indie powerhouse Epitaph Records), some of the material they played off their current album, Patience, represents a new sound that gives fuller bloom to their melodic tendencies. Their punk bite hasn’t gone anywhere, as the blitzkrieg hardcore stretch that closed out the set roundly attests. It’s that they’re now legitimately much more than just a punk band. In fact, the non-punk songs – full of gorgeous, fuzzy swoon – are some of the best moments on Patience. And from both Mannequin Pussy’s live execution and the audience’s reaction, this show proved that their newer beautiful moments hit with no less force or feeling. While most acts take a while to expand convincingly, if ever, Mannequin Pussy have proven this year that they can balance toughness and melody like few can right now. It’s an impressive, distinctive combination that’s both a good sound and a promising trajectory for them. baolehuu@orlandoweekly.com orlandoweekly.com
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Thursday, Dec. 19
Lindsey Stirling MUSIC
Violinist Lindsey Stirling didn’t win the season of America’s Got Talent that she competed in, but her classical chops combined with playful dancing and electronic beats won her enough fans to make her internet-famous. Now nine years past her televised talent-show debut, Stirling is a multimillion-selling artist routinely appearing on the dance and classical charts. Her stop at the Bob Carr this week is part of her Warmer in the Winter tour, a holiday-focused marathon that ties in with her 2017 Christmas album of the same name. The show features holiday classics and originals, costumes, dancers, and plenty of charm. – Thaddeus McCollum 8 p.m. | Bob Carr Theater, 401 W. Livingston Ave. | 844513-2014 | drphillipscenter.org | $39.50-$395.73
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OUR PICKS FOR THE BEST EVENTS THIS WEEK
Opera Orlando: All Is Calm OPERA
During Christmas 1914, the first Christmas of World War I, German and British soldiers fighting in the trenches along the Western Front in France called an unofficial truce for the day. At several points along the front, troops walked unarmed into No Man’s Land and greeted their respective combatants. Some even shared a drink or two and a chorus of “Silent Night” with their erstwhile enemies. Opera Orlando performs an intimate musical version of this true story, All Is Calm,at the Dr. Phillips Center’s Pugh Theater this weekend, where singers perform a capella and in the round, surrounding the audience with soaring harmonies. – TM 7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 & 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday | Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, 445 S. Magnolia Ave. | 844-513-2014 | drphillipscenter.org | $39-$79
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Guitar Solstice MUSIC
If you need a break from the onslaught of seasonal sounds, may we interest you in a gaggle of Central Florida’s finest avantshredders and a New York heavy welcoming the Winter Solstice with guitar (dis)chords? Coming down the chimney of Winter Park’s intimate Dining Room is Lucas Brode, a masterful guitarist whose playing covers traditional structures and experimental nonforms, as capable of coaxing mind-bending emotion from a lone acoustic guitar as he is crafting storms of sound with an electric fed through an army of effects pedals. Joining Brode on the evening will be creative music scene-mover Chris Belt (!), longtime Florida experimenter Shapes With No Names, multi-instrumentalist and improviser Colette Parisa, and Orlandoans Jonas Van Den Bossche and Syoma Klochko (both fresh from opening for Eugene Chadbourne last week). Recommended. – Matthew Moyer 6:30 p.m. | The Dining Room, 2902 Ambergate Road, Winter Park | facebook.com/atthediningroom | donations encouraged
Saturday, Dec. 21
Snoop Dogg MUSIC
Lest ye think that West Coast rap godfather and medical marijuana entrepreneur Snoop Dogg has not dabbled in ho-ho-holiday musics, let us dispel that notion, by reminding you of the Doggfather’s “Christmas in Hollis”-worthy 1996 track “Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto” or his sprawling 2008 festive full-length follow-up, Christmas in the Doghouse (boasting 20 tracks and a host of revelers including Nate Dogg and Kurupt). And yes, he sells branded Christmas sweaters as well. We bring all of this up because his sublimely titled I Wanna Thank Me tour is ending in Orlando this weekend and it seems like as good a time as any for Snoop to dust off some of his holiday canon, and get downright, um, naughty. – MM with Warren G. | 7 p.m. | House of Blues, 1490 E. Buena Vista Drive | 407-934-2583 | hob.com/orlando | $59.75-$137.25
Saturday, Dec. 21
Blue Christmas: A Tribute to Billie Holiday MUSIC
At first glance, reviving the work of a legendary singer seems a no-brainer. Discerning music listeners, however, know it’s a fraught proposition. And when you’re talking about a voice as revered and inimitable as Billie Holiday, no ordinary human will do. But if anyone around here has any business even daring, it’s chanteuse supreme Kaleigh Baker, one of the most naturally gifted and powerful vocalists this city has ever produced. Backed by accomplished Orlando musician Bobby Koelble and a local company of jazz players, this wrecking ball of voice will breathe life back into Holiday’s perfect and timeless standards with the sweet, hot bourbon fire that’s made Kaleigh Baker a regional legend in her own right. It’s a perfect holiday way to break in new restaurant and live music venue the New Standard, the rebooted look and location of Dexter’s of Winter Park. – Bao Le-Huu 8:30 p.m. | The New Standard, 1035 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park | 407-636-4995 | newstandardwp.com | $40-$100
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Sunday, Dec. 22
Chanukah on the Park EVENTS
Sink your teeth into a jelly-filled sufganiyot doughnut and spin a dreidel while you celebrate among Central Florida’s Jewish community for the annual Chanukah on the Park gala. Light up the giant menorah with family and friends and dig in when Chabad of Greater Orlando serves up steamy kosher food. Enjoy live musical performances, Chassidic dancing, and the singing of the children of the Jewish Community Center. Bring the entire family out to enjoy the culture and traditions, the strolling magicians and other fun kids’ activities. Chag sameach! – Sarah Jennifer Hardin 5 p.m. | Central Park, 150 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park | 407-599-3399 | cityofwinterpark.org | free
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WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18-TUESDAY, DEC. 24 COMPILED BY THADDEUS MCCOLLUM
MUSIC WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18 Beth McKee & Grant Peyton 8 pm; The Imperial at Washburn Imports, 1800 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-228-4992. The Blizzard of Rock: Sum 41, Broadside 6 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $29.50-$34.50; 407-934-2583. Cortez and Friends 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951. A Punk Christmas: Dirtyfacesmook, Miles Hii, Tony Phat, 7heo, SLT Henny, Melly Ave, IcyBoyKane, Chung 9 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; $5; 407-270-9104.
THURSDAY, DEC. 19 Anuel AA 8 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $59-$149; 800-745-3000. Ara$$a, Swavess, GFL Paul, One2Many, Kali Haze, Clapgodnate, Knckknack, Yungyak, Losaji, Nick Lonely, Deadmars, Frank tha Rabbit 10 pm; Uncle Lou’s Entertainment Hall, 1016 N. Mills Ave.; contact for price; 407-270-9104. Bad Santa & the Angry Elves 8 pm; The Hideaway, 516 Virginia Drive; free; 407-898-5892. Emo Nite LA 9 pm; The Social, 54 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-246-1419. Jim Raves 10 pm; Grumpy’s Underground Lounge, 1018 N. Mills Ave.; free; 321-512-0352. Lindsey Stirling 7 pm; Bob Carr Theater, 401 W. Livingston St.; $39.50-$395.73; 407-246-4262. The Living Room: Crescendo, SoyIsReal, RodUno 9 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free. One Man Band Jam: Kyle Wenzel, Will Brack, Johnny Debt, Brody Buster’s One Man Band 8 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free. RobGZ 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; $25-$40; 407-504-7699. Soulpatch, Out of It 10 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $13. 46
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Thursday Night Hang: Steve Luciano Trio 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-9951.
Punk Rock Christmas Vacation: Debt Neglector, Teen Agers, Josh Bonner, 4Js (Unsung Zeros) 10 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $5.
FRIDAY, DEC. 20
Rockapella 8 pm; The Plaza Live, 425 N. Bumby Ave.; $24-$45; 407-228-1220.
Affiliate 005: Prnt Scrn, Squirculus, Chaotic Logic, Funk Baby, Soul de Funk, Redcoat, Eade, MC Freak 8 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; contact for price; 407-373-0888. Anberlin, William Ryan Key, Loose Talk, Carrollhood 6 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $32.50-$72.75; 407-934-2583. Dog Island, Talk With Your Hands 10 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free. Eastern Bloc: Christopher Ledger, Chad Andrew 10 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $8. I’m So Disco: Sleazy McQueen, Tommy Mot 10 pm; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free-$5; 407-373-0888. A James Brown Holiday Party: DJ BMF 10 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free. Julian Bond: Dear Santa, Let Me Explain 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $15; 407-636-9951.
Thicket, Kill the Imposter, Demonfuck, Rendered Abstract, Armor of God, Darkness by Design 7 pm; The Haven, 6700 Aloma Ave., Winter Park; $10-$12; 407-673-2712.
SATURDAY, DEC. 21 Bad Santa & the Angry Elves 8 pm; Cafe DaVinci, 112 W. Georgia Ave., DeLand; contact for price; 386-873-2943. Chuck Magid, Oxford Noland, Jordan Foley & the Wheelhouse 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free. Corky Siegel 8 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; $20; 407-636-9951. Dubloadz 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; contact for price; 407-504-7699. Eugene Snowden’s Rhythm Machine Combo 9 pm; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free.
I’m So Disco Roast of Santa For a guy who supposedly watches every little thing we do and decides whether it’s naughty or nice, then breaks into our homes to leave us rewards – while also rewarding people who definitely did not live up to his arbitrary moral standards – Santa sure seems to get an undeserved pass. But not any longer. A panel of local comedians are going to give Jolly Old St. Nick what for at the Orlando Improv. Hopefully it won’t just be a bunch of lazy fat jokes, but either way, this one is definitely not for kids. 8 p.m. Wednesday; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $10-$40; theimprov orlando.com.
I’m So Disco No One Knows I’m Disco, the regular disco night thrown by Tommy Mot at Stonewall (and formerly Spacebar), has come out of the closet with a new name, proudly proclaiming its love of disco. Sleazy McQueen joins Mot for a night of space disco, Italo disco, Afro disco and other subgenres, expanding your ideas of what “disco” really means. Plan ahead and sign up on Eventbrite to avoid the cover charge if you really want to be disco. 10 p.m. Friday; Stonewall Bar Orlando, 741 W. Church St.; free-$5; facebook.com/stonewall.orlando.
A James Brown Christmas James Brown, the Godfather of Soul, loved Christmas – enough to make three separate Christmas albums and a handful of Christmas singles at the height of his career. DJ BMF pays tribute to Brown at his annual James Brown Christmas party. BMF not only spins songs by James Brown, but also artists who sampled Brown’s works, which is basically the entire hip-hop pantheon. 10 p.m. Friday; Lil Indies, 1036 N. Mills Ave.; free; willspub.org.
Creepy Christmas Cabaret Opera del Sol isn’t buying in to the sanitized, corporate version of Christmas this year. Instead, they’re focusing on the supernatural and weird, throwing a creepy Christmas cabaret party at Iron Cow. Writer-director Michael Knight promises a night of sinfully good holiday performances with a diabolical twist at this one-night-only event. 8 p.m. Saturday; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $10; operadelsol.org.
Deafheaven April 16, 2020, at the Abbey Jim Gaffigan, Dec. 27 at the Dr. Phillips Center Blackberry Smoke, Dec. 31 at House of Blues Gino & the Goons, Jan. 3, 2020, at Will’s Pub Grace Potter, Jan. 10, 2020, at House of Blues Too Many Zooz, Jan. 13, 2020, at the Social Motion City Soundtrack, Jan. 15, 2020, at House of Blues MxPx, Jan. 17, 2020, at the Plaza Live
Black Lips, Jan. 23, 2020, at the Social American Authors, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Beacham Iann Dior, Jan. 24, 2020, at the Social Southern Culture on the Skids, Jan. 24, 2020, at Will’s Pub Iliza Shlesinger, Jan. 25, 2020, at Hard Rock Live Kris Kristofferson, Jan. 27, 2020, at the Plaza Live Lucinda Williams, Jan. 28, 2020, at the Plaza Live Raphael Saadiq, Jan. 31, 2020, at the Plaza Live
Shovels & Rope, Feb. 15, 2020, at the Social The Beach Boys, Feb. 19, 2020, at the Dr. Phillips Center Noah Gundersen, Feb. 21, 2020, at the Social Lucero, Feb. 27, 2020, at the Social The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, March 1, 2020, at Will’s Pub Gladys Knight, March 4, 2020, at the Dr. Phillips Center Marc Anthony, March 10, 2020, at Amway Center
Chris Tucker, March 28, 2020, at Hard Rock Live Black Tiger Sex Machine, March 28, 2020, at House of Blues Watsky, April 1, 2020, at the Beacham Mandy Moore, April 8, 2020, at Bob Carr Theater Deafheaven, April 16, 2020, at Hard Rock Live Niall Horan, April 25, 2020, at Amway Center
Keith Sweat, Jan. 17, 2020, at Hard Rock Live
Tiffany, Jan. 31, 2020, at House of Blues
Billie Eilish, March 10, 2020, at Amway Center
Jonny Lang, Jan. 18, 2020, at House of Blues
Aamanaguchi, Feb. 1, 2020, at the Plaza Live
Josh Groban, March 11, 2020, at the Dr. Phillips Center
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Brian McKnight 4, Jan. 19, 2020, at Hard Rock Live
Black Violin, Feb. 8, 2020, at Bob Carr Theater
America, March 22, 2020, at Hard Rock Live
May 5, 2020, at the
The Dead South, Jan. 21, 2020, at House of Blues
We Were Promised Jetpacks, Feb. 14, 2020, at the Social
Tim Barry, March 22, 2020, at Will’s Pub
Apocalyptica, May 3, 2020, at the Plaza
Lake Street Dive, Plaza Live Lauren Daigle, May 8, 2020, at Amway Center
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Cartoons & Cereal FILM
The holiday special is a time-honored tradition used to boost ratings during the festive season by throwing the inevitable “Christmas is ruined!” plot into rotation before the mid-season break. The Nook is kicking off a new monthly Saturday morning cartoon watch party with a three-hour slate of holiday specials from yesteryear, paired with an all-you-can-eat cereal bar. Pinky & the Brain and Garfield are rumored to show up, but we’re hoping for an appearance by the 1985 He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special, featuring the immortal Skeletor line, “I don’t like to feel good … I like to feel evil!” Us too, Skeletor. Us too. – Thaddeus McCollum 10 a.m.-1 p.m. | The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St. | facebook.com/ thenookonrobinson | free
Gilt the Party: Litmas 9 pm; Southern Nights, 375 S. Bumby Ave.; contact for price; 407-412-5039. Guitar Solstice: Lucas Brode, Chris Belt, Shapes With No Names, Colette Parisa, Jonas Van Den Bossche, Syoma Klochko 6:30 pm; The Dining Room, 2902 Ambergate Road, Winter Park; donations encouraged. Just OK Holiday Party VI: Coolio, Genitorturers 7 pm; Washington Square, 23 W. Washington St.; $29.99.
Street66 8 pm; Lazy Gator at the Black Hammock, 2356 Black Hammock Fish Camp Road, Oviedo; free; 407-365-1244.
SUNDAY, DEC. 22 Bad Santa & the Angry Elves 8 pm; The Lucky Lure, 1427 N. Orange Ave.; free; 407-250-6949. Belles & Bows 6:30 pm; The Floridabilt, 78 W. Church St.; contact for price.
Kaleigh Baker: Blue Christmas, a Tribute to Billie Holiday 8:30 pm; The New Standard, 1035 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-4995.
The Buzzcatz Holly Jolly Christmas Show 3 pm; Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts, 1905 Kentucky Ave., Winter Park; SOLD OUT; 407-636-9951.
Snoop Dogg, Warren G, RJMrLA 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $59.75-$137.25; 407-934-2583.
Chuck Magid and Friends 8 pm; The New Standard, 1035 N. Orlando Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-636-4995. orlandoweekly.com
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The Hanukkah Spectacular: The Woolly Bushweiss’s, Ben Katzman’s Degreaser, the Wildblooms 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; free. Man in the Mirror: Tribute to Michael Jackson 7 pm; House of Blues, Disney Springs, Lake Buena Vista; $11.75-$61.75; 407-934-2583. Me, You & Hennessy: Spencer Brown 10 pm; Gilt Nightclub, 740 Bennett Road; contact for price; 407-504-7699. Reverend Horton Heat, Voodoo Glow Skulls, 5678’s, Dave Alvin 7 pm; Ace Cafe, 100 W. Livingston St.; $15; 858-727-3400. SWIMM, Take Lead, the Hails, Mansfield 6 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $10.
THEWEEK a maniacal department store Santa, and a triple-dog-dare to lick a freezing flagpole are just a few of the distractions that stand between Ralphie and his Christmas wish. Theater West End, 115 W. First St., Sanford; $25-$30; 407-548-6285; theaterwestend.com. It Was a Very Good Yule: Rat Pack Enjoy the live music, sip the hot chocolate, wear your ugliest sweater, and get comfortable as you travel back to the era of the Rat Pack. Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $25; 407-297-8788; madcowtheatre.com. DEC. 19-23
MONDAY, DEC. 23 Xavier Wulf 6:30 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $20-$30.
TUESDAY, DEC. 24 Bad Santa & the Angry Elves 9 pm; Will’s Pub, 1042 N. Mills Ave.; contact for price.
THEATER DEC. 18
Flame & Fortune: Chriskwanzakkah Game show hosted by Miss Sammy and Wanzie, complete with a festively decorated game show set, electronic gaming system, holiday-related questions and a $100 cash prize. 8 pm; Savoy Orlando, 1913 N. Orange Ave.; $12$17; holidayflame.eventbrite.com.
The Spitfire Grill Musical about a woman who holds a contest to give away her restaurant. Mad Cow Theatre, 54 W. Church St.; $30$42; 407-297-8788; madcowtheatre.com. DEC. 20-21
Phantasmagoria’s Through a Christmas Darkly Phantasmagoria’s unique blend of storytellers, dancers and chorus celebrate some of the darker tales of the holiday season. Penguin Point Productions, 1220 Oviedo Mall Blvd., Oviedo; $18; penguinpointproductions.com. DEC. 20-22
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Irving Berlin’s White Christmas Add two veteran soldiers, two talented singing sisters, and a Vermont lodge at Christmas together, and you get this beloved holiday musical. Osceola Center for the Arts, 2411 E. Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Kissimmee; $25; 407-846-6257; osceolaarts.org.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas A swirling chorus of ghosts weave through this uplifting holiday story of redemption, magic and hope as the greedy Scrooge learns the error of his ways. Garden Theatre, 160 W. Plant St., Winter Garden; $25-$37; 407-877-4736.
Opera Orlando: All Is Calm The Florida premiere of this poignant and moving work, set during World War I at the Western Front, Christmas 1914. Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $35$257; 407-512-1900; operaorlando.org.
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley Middle sister Mary finally takes center stage in this charming and clever sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Orlando Shakes, 812 E. Rollins St.; $30-$55; 407-447-1700; orlandoshakes.org.
DEC. 21
Opera del Sol: Creepy Christmas Cabaret Goth holiday special with an original script and talented singers. 8 pm; Iron Cow, 2438 E. Robinson St.; $10; facebook.com/ironcowcafe.
DEC. 18-23
Phantasmagoria’s A Christmas Carol Phantasmagoria returns with its own unique adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale. Through Dec. 28; multiple locations; $20-$25; phantasmagoriaorlando.com. DEC. 19-22
A Christmas Story: The Musical An infamous leg lamp, outrageous pink bunny pajamas,
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical Live production of the Rankin/Bass holiday classic. 2 pm; Bob Carr Theater, 401 W. Livingston St.; $19-$49; 407-246-4262; drphillipscenter.org. DEC. 21-22
Miracle in Bedford Falls Stage musical based on the beloved film It’s a Wonderful Life. Orlando Repertory Theatre, 1001 E. Princeton St.; $15-$35; 407-896-7365; orlandorep.com. orlandoweekly.com
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THEWEEK COMEDY Bam Margera & Vinny Beedle Friday, 6 pm; Soundbar, 37 W. Pine St.; $50$100; soundbarorl.com. Bull & Bush Open Mic Weekly stand-up comedy open mic. Wednesday, 8:30-10:30 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546. Fortune Feimster Thursday, 7 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $25; 407480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Roast of Santa Wednesday, 8 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $10-$40; 407-480-5233; theimprovorlando.com. Shit Sandwich Probably the best comedy showcase in town. Show up early to grab a good seat. Saturday, 9 pm; Bull and Bush, 2408 E. Robinson St.; free; 407-896-7546. Tom Rhodes Friday, 8 & 10:30 pm, Saturday, 7 & 9:45 pm, Sunday, 7 pm; Orlando Improv, 9101 International Drive; $20-$50; 407480-5233; theimprovorlando.com.
DANCE Orlando Ballet: The Nutcracker Orlando Ballet presents the beloved holiday tradition, with live music provided by the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestras. Friday, 7:30 pm, Saturday, 3 & 7:30 pm, SundayMonday, 3 pm; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24$490; 407-418-9828; orlandoballet.org. Orlando Ballet: The Nutcracker Family Show A one-hour version of the classic holiday show, perfect for all ages. Saturday, 11 am; Walt Disney Theater, Dr. Phillips Center, 445 S. Magnolia Ave.; $24-$69; 407-418-9828; orlandoballet.org. Wicked Wonderland The Wicked Ways Cabaret is back with a new cast and new acts, including burlesque, jazz, comedy, side show and belly dancing. Friday, 10 pm; Bombshell’s Tavern, 5405 Edgewater Drive; $10; 407-730-3999; bombshellstavern.org.
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Morse Museum Holiday Open House Take a relaxing break from the holidays with a free walk through the museum, accompanied by live music in different rooms. Tuesday, 9:30 am-4 pm; Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, 445 N. Park Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-645-5311; morsemuseum.org. 52
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Nailed It! Group art show in which artists select their best work of the past year. Opens Thursday, 6 pm, through Jan. 11; CityArts, 39 S. Magnolia Ave.; free.
EVENTS Asian Lantern Festival: Into the Wild This limited engagement cultural event will dazzle guests with over 30 larger-than-life sculptural LED lantern displays featuring plants, animals and traditional Asian elements, including a nearly 200-foot-long dragon. Through Jan. 12, 2020, 6 pm; Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens, 3755 W. Seminole Blvd., Sanford; $18.50; centralfloridazoo.org. Chanukah on the Park The event will include singing performances, live music, dancers, strolling magicians, food and a grand menorah lighting. Sunday, 5 pm; Central Park, Winter Park, North Park Avenue and West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park; free; cityofwinterpark.org. Dinos in Lights Stan the T-Rex and his skeletal pals get dressed up in holiday lights that flash along to a musical program every 30 minutes. Through Jan. 7, 2020, noon-4 pm; Orlando Science Center, 777 E. Princeton St.; $20.95; 407-514-2000; osc.org. Epcot International Festival of the Holidays Discover a festival like no other, featuring the joyous holiday traditions of the 11 World Showcase nations. Through Dec. 30; Epcot, 200 Epcot Center Drive, Lake Buena Vista; included with admission; 407824-4321; disneyworld.disney.go.com. Evening Exchange An evening of workshops, culinary demonstrations, specialty cocktail bars, food specials and more. Friday, 6-10 pm; East End Market, 3201 Corrine Drive; free; 321-236-3316. Experience Christmas An all-new holiday event that brings the Christmas spirit to life. Sunday, 1-6:15 pm; Lake Buena Vista Factory Stores, 15657 S. Apopka Vineland Road; free; 407-339-0879; lbvfs.com. Family-free Christmas Eve Celebrate Christmas Eve without the family. Tuesday, 7 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; free; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson. ICE!: The Polar Express Walkthrough attraction that tells the story of The Polar Express using more than 2 million pounds of carved and dyed ice. Through Jan. 5, 2020; Gaylord Palms Resort, 6000 W. Osceola Parkway, Kissimmee; $28.99$112.11; 407-586-2000; gaylordpalms.com. Johanessen Lights Famous private giant holiday lights display, open to the public to walk through for a portion. Through Jan. 1, 2020, 6-9 pm; Johanessen Lights, 7849 Georgeann St., Winter Park; donations encouraged.
Light Up UCF Winter carnival outside UCF’s Addition Financial Arena featuring an ice slide, Ferris wheel, ice skating, a carousel and more. Through Jan. 5, 2020; Addition Financial Arena, 12777 N. Gemini Blvd.; $4.25$75; 407-823-6006; lightupucf.com.
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Mellow Market Last minute holiday market with lots of goods from local artists, crafters and vendors. Sunday, noon-6 pm; The Owl’s Attic, 3106 Corrine Drive; free; 321-300-6957; theowlsattic.com.
Winter Wonderland at Rosen Shingle Creek Offering holiday activities that include Christmas letter writing and storytelling with Mrs. Claus, holiday karaoke, a holiday photo booth, face painting and balloon art. Saturday, 6:30 pm; Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, 9939 Universal Blvd.; free-$10; 407-996-9939; rosenshinglecreek.com.
Merry Tuba Christmas Enjoy the rich sounds of Christmas as tuba, euphonium, sousaphone and baritone players of all ages gather to perform a free concert from the main stage in Central Park. Saturday, 1 pm; Central Park, Winter Park, North Park Avenue and West Morse Boulevard, Winter Park; free; cityofwinterpark.org.
Winter Wonderland VIP Party This exclusive event has select beer and wine included in the ticket price, along with gourmet food. Saturday, 7-11 pm; Wekiva Island, 1014 Miami Springs Road, Longwood; $50-$90; 407-862-1500; wekivaisland.com.
MetroWest WinterFest Screening of Toy Story 4 with live Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie characters, free photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus, performances by local schools, a snow slide, a skating rink, food trucks and more. Saturday, 4-9 pm; MetroWest Golf Club, 2100 S. Hiawassee Road; free; 407-601-5995; metrowestcommunity.com.
World of Taste & Travel Countries showcase their tourism, cultural heritage and cuisine with wine and beer tasting at this three-day event. Thursday-Saturday, 10 am-6 pm; Hyatt Regency Orlando, 9801 International Drive; free-$30; 407-502-3400; worldoftaste.tv.
Milk Mart Print Clinic Bring a T-shirt or buy one and learn how to print whatever you want on it. Sunday, noon-6 pm; The Nook on Robinson, 2432 E. Robinson St.; contact for price; facebook.com/thenookonrobinson.
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Miracle on Orange The Courtesy transforms into a holiday cocktail wonderland with seasonal creations like the Bad Santa and the Christmapolitan. Through Tuesday; The Courtesy Bar, 114 N. Orange Ave.; various menu prices. A Night Out in December A night of laughs, dinner, door prizes, music and entertainment. Saturday, 6:30 pm; Florida National Guard Armory, 2809 S. Ferncreek Ave.; $30; 407-897-2713. O Holy Night The Cathedral Choir and the Beautiful Music Chamber Orchestra present choir carols and music followed by Midnight Mass. Tuesday, 10:30-11:30 pm; The Cathedral Church of St. Luke, 130 N. Magnolia Ave.; free; 407-849-0680; ccslorlando.org. Photos With Santa Snap your holiday photos in front of a variety of backdrops and get a free 4-by-6 print of your photo with Santa. Sunday-Monday, 10 am-7 pm; Wall Crawl, 1016 W. Church St.; $25; 321-209-0432; wallcrawl.com. Wekiva Island Winter Wonderland This fun family event will have a real snow slide and snow flurries every day, as well as thousands of holiday lights, with appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Through Jan. 1, 2020, 8 am-11 pm; Wekiva Island, 1014 Miami Springs Road, Longwood; $3-$11; 407-339-0879; wekivaisland.com.
Let’s Knit Tiny Tree Ornaments Create sweet tiny tree ornaments decorated with stripes, beads and buttons. Practice garter and stockinette stitch while learning to seam and attach buttons and beads. Monday, 10:30 am; Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive; free; 407-835-7323; ocls.info.
LITERARY Diverse Word Spoken word open mic. Tuesday, 8 pm; Dandelion Communitea Cafe, 618 N. Thornton Ave.; free; 407-3621864; dandelioncommunitea.com. Wednesday Open Words Poetry and spoken word open mic. Wednesday, 8:30 pm; Austin’s Coffee, 929 W. Fairbanks Ave., Winter Park; free; 407-975-3364; austinscoffee.com.
SPORTS Jingle Bell 5K Holiday-themed fun run. Sunday, 7 am; 357 Center Lake Lane, Oviedo; free. Orlando Magic vs. Chicago Bulls NBA basketball. Monday, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $19-$1,661.50; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. The Orlando Shuffle Free shuffleboard event. All ages and new players welcome. Saturday, 7-9 pm; Beardall Senior Center, 800 S. Delaney Ave.; free; 407-246-4440. Orlando Solar Bears vs. Kansas City Mavericks Ice hockey. Wednesday, 7 pm; Amway Center, 400 W. Church St.; $12.25-$90.75; 800-745-3000; amwaycenter.com. n orlandoweekly.com
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I am a 60-year-old heterosexual man, and I am being told that I’m normal. I have been to several urologists, and they say I have no medical issues. But I’m having a hard time buying it, because for the last six months, my ejaculate has been extremely bloody. This is embarrassing, especially since oral sex – giving and receiving – has always been my favorite. The urologists’ explanation is that as you get older, there are blood vessels within the penis that can break during an erection. They gave me some pills to ensure there was no infection, but then they told me that I’ll probably have to use condoms for the rest of my life. My partner doesn’t need contraceptives, so we haven’t used condoms for decades. If I were bleeding out of any other orifice, there would be a team of doctors helping me. Is there really no hope? Tell Me It Ain’t So “Hematospermia – blood in the ejaculate – is usually not considered a big deal, in the sense that the vast majority of the time it’s not a sign of cancer,” says Dr. Ashley Winter, a board-certified urologist, the cohost of “The Full Release” podcast, and my go-to expert on all blood-in-spunk-related matters. “I’d want to know how much he’s actually bleeding and what they’ve done to check him out. But that said, sometimes a guy with a large prostate will bleed with orgasm.” For everyone out there panicking because they saw blood in their semen one time a decade ago, Winter says a one-off bloody load isn’t something to worry about. But if you saw blood in your semen that one time and you have health insurance and you’re a hypochondriac like me, Winter recommends a visit to a doc for a short consultation and a quick physical exam. “But in a case like TMIAS’, where the issue is ongoing and the subject is over 55,” Winter says, “a typical evaluation would include a PSA blood test (a prostate cancer screening test), as well as testing for STIs (such as gonorrhea, chlamydia and herpes), along with a urinalysis to check for blood in the urine and urinary infections. If those tests were not revealing, I would consider doing an ultrasound or MRI of the prostate and surrounding organs, as well as putting a camera up the urethra (called cystoscopy) to check out the plumbing.” Assuming you’ve had all those tests, and your prostate was present on photo day, and the doctors found no sign of cancer or infection, TMIAS, then what the hell is going on? “Typically, the cause would be something such as dilated blood vessels along the ejaculate exit route,” aka the urethra. Quickly: The urethra is a tube that connects the outside world (and all those piss bottoms) to your bladder; it’s the tube we all piss through. In males, the urethra pulls double duty, men also ejaculate through it (and 54
some women do, too!) – it runs through the prostate gland, a gland that produces about a third of the seminal fluid. An enlarged prostate squeezes the urethra, which can make urination difficult and uncomfortable, and can also result in – you guessed it – blood in the semen. One possible “fix” for an enlarged prostate is a transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), which basically amounts to “a ‘roto-rootering’ of the prostate,” as Winter so vividly puts it. A doctor shoves something called a resectoscope up your urethra and slices away chunks of prostate tissue. “The problem with these procedures is that they can cause a person to stop ejaculating at all,” Winter says. “So if TMIAS has already had a fairly robust evaluation, then either using condoms or just having his sex partner adapt to the presence of blood may be the best solution. And in the absence of an infection, shooting a bloody load into your partner is not dangerous. Couples have intercourse during menstruation without harm, and plenty of F-F couples have sex during menstruation as well.” But hold on and back up and wait just a goddamned minute: Didn’t your doctors say everything looked normal? Doesn’t that mean your prostate isn’t enlarged? “A ‘normal’ prostate generally means that it is not cancerous and normal in size for your age,” Winter says. “As you get older, your prostate gets bigger. So it’s highly probable that what TMIAS has is a big-assbut-normal-for-his-age prostate. And bigger prostates tend to have larger blood vessels lining the urethra and are therefore more likely to bleed when he experiences those lovely contractions associated with orgasm. When TMIAS was told that ‘there are blood vessels within the penis that can break,’ I suspect his doc was referring to this and was trying to simplify the explanation.” And while the presence of blood in your ejaculate may not be normal or ideal, TMIAS, it’s likely your normal, and there’s nothing your doctor – or a team of them – can do about it. “Sometimes a lack of a ‘fix’ is not dismissiveness, it’s just an admittance that a lot of things medical folks do/offer aren’t perfect,” Winter says. I’m a woman with a dating profile on OkCupid that states I’m nonmonogamous and only looking for the same. Recently, I had two great dates with a guy who described himself as monogamous on his profile. However, after our first date and a lot of messaging, I intuited that he hadn’t actually read the fine print on my profile. Usually guys bring that up when they’ve read it, and he hadn’t mentioned it once. So I brought it up at the end of our second date when we were having post-dinner drinks at a bar. In
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retrospect, I should have set up a time to seriously discuss this, not spring it on him while we were drinking, but I felt like the longer it went unsaid, the more “betrayed” he might feel. And boy, did he have a reaction. He went from “This is not a deal breaker” to “Oh my god, I can’t do this, I should just go” in 20 minutes, and then rushed out of the bar. We cleared the air the next day, and he apologized for being a jerk and bailing. But clearly we’re not going to be dating going forward. Maybe this was always how a guy like him was going to react, but when is the right time to bring nonmonogamy up if you meet someone in real life first? Or if it’s clear someone didn’t read the damn fine print on your profile before jumping straight to infatuation? He claimed his meltdown was an emotional response to the conflict he was feeling between a) the expectation that serious relationships need to lead to monogamy and b) the great time he was having with someone who turned out to be (gasp) nonmonogamous. Was there a better way to have shared this information? A time sooner or later? We were really clicking, so his freak-out was a huge surprise. Read The Fine Print Dude should have read the fine print on your profile. He should have done his screw diligence – but you should have done yours, too. Or followed through with yours. You read the fine print on his profile, RTFP, you knew he described himself as monogamous, but you went on a date with him anyway – you went on two dates and swapped a lot of messages – without stopping to ask him the dreaded direct question (DDQ): “My profile says I’m nonmonogamous and only looking for the same, and yours says you’re monogamous. Are you making an exception for me because I’m amazing or did you not read my whole profile?” You should have asked this guy the DDQ not to spare him the horror of your company and avoid wasting his time, RTFP, but to spare yourself that stupid scene in the bar and avoid wasting your time. On the “Lovecast,” Erika Moen’s sex toy gift recs! Listen at savagelovecast.com. mail@savagelove.net ITMFA.org
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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROBATE DIVISION File No. 2017-CP-002805-O IN RE: ESTATE OF VICKI LYNN MARTIN, deceased. NOTICE TO CREDITORS: The administration of the estate of VICKI LYNN MARTIN, deceased, whose date of death was May 19, 2017, is pending in the Circuit Court for Orange County, Florida, Probate Division, the address of which is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801. The names and addresses of the personal representative and the personal representative’s attorney are set forth below. All creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate on whom a copy of this notice is required to be served must file their claims with this court ON OR BEFORE THE LATER OF
3 MONTHS AFTER THE TIME OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE OR 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF SERVICE OF A COPY OF THIS NOTICE ON THEM. All other creditors of the decedent and other persons having claims or demands against decedent’s estate must file their claims with this court WITHIN 3 MONTHS AFTER THE DATE OF THE FIRST PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. ALL CLAIMS NOT FILED WITHIN THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH IN FLORIDA STATUTES SECTION 733.702 WILL BE FOREVER BARRED. NOTWITHSTANDING THE TIME PERIODS SET FORTH ABOVE, ANY CLAIM FILED TWO (2) YEARS OR MORE AFTER THE DECEDENT’S DATE OF DEATH IS BARRED. The date of first publication of this notice is December 18, 2019. Attorney for Personal Representative: /s/ A. Scott Toney, Esquire, Florida Bar Number: 982180, 925 NW 56th Terrace, Park Avenue - Suite B, Gainesville, Florida 32605, Telephone: (352) 376-6800, Fax: (352) 376-6802, E-Mail: Scott @thetoneylawfirm. com, Secondary E-Mail: Service@ thetoneylawfirm.com. Personal Representative: Michael Scott, 15692 Orange Harvest Loop, Winter Garden, FL 34787-3198. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL DIVISION: IMPERIAL FIRE & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. NOEL VERLYNE, et al., Defendants. CASE NO.: 2019-CA-008220 NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT TO: NOEL VERLYNE and KESSY JOSEPH, ADDRESS UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on PLAINTIFF DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, through its counsel Robert K. Savage, Esq., whose address is 412 East Madison Street, Suite 815, Tampa, FL 33602 no later than January 30th, 2020 and file with the clerk of this Court, Tiffany Moore Russell, whose address is 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, FL 32801, before service on Plaintiff, or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the declaratory judgment action. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk’s office. You may review these documents upon request 30 days from date of first publication. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the Clerk’s office. Dated 12/9/19. TIFFANY MOORE RUSSELL Clerk of the Court & Comptroller. By: /s/ Sandra Jackson, Deputy Clerk, As Deputy Clerk. 425 N. Orange Avenue, Room 350, Orlando,
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Florida, 32801. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL DIVISION: DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ISMAEL M. PEREZ, et al., CASE NO.: 2019 CA 002782 CI NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT TO: ISMAEL M. PEREZ, ADDRESS UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on PLAINTIFF DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, through its counsel Robert K. Savage, Esq., whose address is 412 East Madison Street, Suite 815, Tampa, FL 33602 no later than 28 days after the first publication of this notice, and file with the clerk of this Court, Armando Ramirez, whose address is 2 Courthouse Square, #2000, Kissimmee, Florida 34741, before service on Plaintiff, or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the declaratory judgment action. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk’s office. You may review these documents upon request 30 days from date of first publication. You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. Future papers in this lawsuit will be
mailed to the address on record at the Clerk’s office. Dated 12/10/19. By: /s/ARMANDO RAMIREZ, Clerk of the Court. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR OSCEOLA COUNTY, FLORIDA, CIVIL DIVISION: DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. MARIE RUIZ SIERRA, et al., CASE NO.: 19-CA002967 CI NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DECLARATORY JUDGMENT TO: GABRIEL HEATH DANIELS, ADDRESS UNKNOWN YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on PLAINTIFF DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, through its counsel Robert K. Savage, Esq., whose address is 412 East Madison Street, Suite 815, Tampa, FL 33602 no later than 28 days after the first publication of this notice, and file with the clerk of this Court, Armando Ramirez, whose address is 2 Courthouse Square, #2000, Kissimmee, Florida 34741, before service on Plaintiff, or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the declaratory judgment action. Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk’s office. You may review these documents upon request 30 days from date of first publication. You must keep the
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Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed to the address on record at the Clerk’s office. Dated 12/10/19. By: /s/ ARMANDO RAMIREZ, Clerk of the Court. NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Angel Christian Television Trust, Inc., of 6880 Lake Ellenor Drive, Suite 200, Orlando, FL 32809, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: The Angel Foundation It is the intent of the undersigned to register “The Angel Foundation” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 12/6/19 NOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, Dylan Berlingieri, of 613 S. Hyer Ave., Orlando, FL 32801, pursuant to the requirements of the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations, is hereby advertising the following fictitious name: Design 29 It is the intent of the undersigned to register “Design 29” with the Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations. Dated: 12/9/19
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Legal, Public Notices IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA JUVENILE DIVISION:3/ JUDGE CRANER WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER CASE NO.: DP15-410. IN THE INTEREST OF THE MINOR CHILD: T. C-Q. DOB: 01/07/2018. NOTICE OF ACTION TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY AND MBI HEARING. STATE OF FLORIDA TO: Anthony Cruz (father), ADDRESS UNKNOWN. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child, a copy of which is attached. You are hereby commanded to appear before the Honorable Judge James A. Craner, on January 29, 2020, at 10:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 4th day of December 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Stacy McDuffie, Esquire. Florida Bar Number 005602 Senior Attorney for State of Florida Department of Children and Families Children’s Legal Services 882 S. Kirkman Road, Suite 200 Orlando, FL 32811 Office Telephone: 407-563-2324 Stacy. mcduffie@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY CASE NO.: DP15-44 IN THE INTEREST OF: T.L. DOB: 09/11/2006, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: CHANTE ALLEN, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been
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filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before General Magistrate Kathryn Durnell, at 10:30 a.m., on the 2nd day of JANUARY 2020, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN) NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 18th day of November, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer Ware, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 109969, Senior Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. Jennifer.Ware@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY CASE NO.: DP15-44 IN THE INTEREST OF: T.L. DOB: 09/11/2006, minor child. SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF ADVISORY HEARING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA. To: TERRANCE LEE LAMPKIN, Address Unknown. WHEREAS a Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this Court regarding the above-referenced child. You are hereby commanded to appear before General Magistrate Kathryn Durnell, at 10:30 a.m., on the 2nd day of JANUARY 2020, at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TRIAL. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD (THESE CHILDREN). IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED YOU MAY LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD (OR CHILDREN)
NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. “Pursuant to Sections 39.802(4)(d) and 63.082(6)(g), Florida Statutes, you are hereby informed of the availability of private placement with an adoption entity, as defined in Section 63.032(3), Florida Statutes.” WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 18th day of November, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer Ware, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 109969, Senior Attorney for the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, 400 West Robinson Street, Ste. N211, Orlando, FL 32801, (407) 317-7643. Jennifer.Ware@ myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA, JUVENILE DIVISION: 07/DOHERTY, WESTGATE ADVOCACY CENTER, CASE NO.: DP18-135 IN THE INTEREST OF: K.B. DOB: 03/25/2015 NOTICE OF ACTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, STATE OF FLORIDA To: Brandy Brock, address unknown. A Petition for Termination of Parental Rights under oath has been filed in this court regarding the above-referenced child(ren). You are hereby commanded to appear before Judge Patricia A. Doherty on Friday, December 20, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. at the Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, Florida 32806, for a TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS ADVISORY HEARING. You must appear on the date and at the time specified. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. YOU MAY BE HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 19th day of November, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Audrea Beth Ashcraft, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 101358 Children’s Legal Services, audrea. ashcraft@myflfamilies.com. (407) 563-2380 By: /s/ CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, Deputy Clerk, (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP18-562. In the Interest of:
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G.B. DOB: 02/21/2016, C.B. DOB: 06/02/2019. minor children. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Clifford Beasley, Address Unknown. Clifford Beasley, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: G.B., born on February 21, 2016; C.B., born on June 2, 2019. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on January 13, 2020, at 10:45 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 20TH day of November, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 Layali. salem@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP18-532. In the Interest of:J.A. DOB: 01/03/2018 minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Felicia Lavallee, Address Unknown. Felicia Lavallee, YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption:
J.A. born January 3, 2018. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on January 16, 2020, at 10:15 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 4th day of December, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Layali Salem, Esquire Florida Bar No.: 0111746, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 layali. salem@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP1460. In the Interest of: C.D. DOB: 04/20/2005, Minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Latoya Taylor, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: C.D., born on 04/20/2005. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on January 17, 2020, at 10:45 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CON-
SENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 12th day of December, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer McCarthy, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0086793, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 jennifer.mccarthy@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA. JUVENILE DIVISION: 03/CRANER. WESTGATE SERVICE CENTER. CASE NO.: DP1460. In the Interest of: C.D. DOB: 04/20/2005, Minor child. NOTICE OF ACTION (TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS). TO: Chaun Devose, Address Unknown. YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that the State of Florida, Department of Children and Families, has filed a Petition to terminate your parental rights and permanently commit the following child(ren) for adoption: C.D., born on 04/20/2005. A copy of the Petition is on file with the Clerk of the Court. You are hereby commanded to appear on January 17, 2020, at 10:45 a.m., before the Honorable A. James Craner, Juvenile Division, Courtroom 5, at the Orange County Courthouse, Juvenile Justice Center, 2000 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL 32806 for an ADVISORY HEARING. FAILURE TO PERSONALLY APPEAR AT THIS ADVISORY HEARING CONSTITUTES CONSENT TO THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR ON THE DATE AND TIME SPECIFIED, YOU MIGHT LOSE ALL LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT TO THE CHILD NAMED IN THE PETITION ATTACHED TO THIS NOTICE. If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please
contact Court Administration, at 425 N. Orange Avenue, Orlando, Florida 32801, telephone (407) 836-2303 at least 7 days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than 7 days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711. WITNESS my hand and seal of this Court at Orlando, Orange County, Florida this 12th day of December, 2019. This summons has been issued at the request of: Jennifer McCarthy, Esq., Florida Bar No.: 0086793, Children’s Legal Services, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families 882 S. Kirkman Road, Ste. 200, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 563-2380 jennifer.mccarthy@myflfamilies.com CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT By: /s/ Deputy Clerk (Court Seal) LOST OR ABANDONED PROPERTY FOUND OR RECOVERED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF ORLANDO, FLORIDA. PROPERTY NOT CLAIMED WILL EITHER BE SURRENDERED TO THE FINDERS OR RETAINED FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT. FLORIDA PICTURE IDENTIFICATION IS REQUIRED. NOVEMBER 2019 DESCRIPTION, FOUND PROPERTY: Phone 10700 blk of Narcoossee Road Phone 2900 blk of Curry Ford Road Phone 1700 blk of Watauga Avenue Phone 1200 blk of W. South Street Phone w/ Electronic Accessories Wilbe Avenue / W. Washington Street Backpack w/ Phone 400 blk of N. Orange Avenue Phone & Keys 6000 blk of Pershing Avenue Phone E. Pine Street / S. Orange Avenue Bike 4900 blk of Barcelona Street Bike 1300 blk of N. Mills Avenue Bike 9000 blk of Jeff Fuqua Boulevard FOR INFO CALL (407) 246-2445, MONDAY – THRU THURSDAY, 9:00 AM TILL 3PM Notice of Public Auction for monies due on storage units located at U-Haul company facilities. Storage locations are listed below. All goods are household contents or miscellaneous and recovered goods. All auctions are hold to satisfy owner’s lien for rent and fees in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self-Storage Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. The auction will start at 8:00 a.m. on January 2nd, 2020 and will continue until all locations are done. U-Haul Moving and Storage of Maitland, 7803 North Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, FL 32810; C24 Tynon Smith $994.39, D07 Edward Hainesworth $835.30, B71 Amanda Garcia $621.36, D08
Sabrina Gopez $533.92, B22 Anson Hamilton $408.96, B58 Adrian Andrade $464.65, L74 Matthew Hicks $796.95 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Apopka, 1221 E Semoran Blvd, Apopka, FL 32703; 1268 Jose Benitez $938.81, 1184 Lorenzo Weathers $1396.78, 1157 Kelly Stephenson $501.24, 1303 Charles Powers Weathington $1102.62, 1376 John Tilelli $297.51, 1231-333 Miguel Verdejo $557.70, 1334 Sharon Buggs $395.62, 1201 Ralph Wilson $334.62 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Altamonte Springs, 598 West Highway 436, Altamonte Springs, FL 32714; A109 Brittany Braxton $1054.03, C105 Jason Koch $1029.37, E114 Charles Hawkins $1029.37 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Semoran, 2055 N Semoran Blvd, Winter Park, FL 32792; 1228 Nicholas Click $821.31, 1674 Jonathan Lewis $501.26, 1051 Chaitra Mccormick $431.84, 1210 Kyranecia Armstrong $666.64, 1078 Luis Barreto $810.53, 1183 Dorothy Brantley $666.64, 1013 Glenn Vause $703.98, 2504 Luciana Mascarenhas $389.22, 1508 Robert Soni $769.58, 2450 Jennifer Fane $503.61, 2779 Jeffrey Saia $538.50, 2291 Sarah Irwin $1252.49, 2470 Luis Galvis $441.37, 1410 Robert Fadeley $548.84, 1668 Caren Martinez $603.28, 1068 Mike Moses $647.66, 2151 Kimberly Jones $737.79, 2160 Arnando Perez $735.99, 2354 Sol Torres $985.74, 1045 Kevin Correia $431.84 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Longwood, 650 N. Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750; D009 Richard Sears $823.95, D015 Cheryl Osberg $686.65 U-Haul Moving and Storage of Lake Mary, 3851 S Orlando Ave, Sanford, FL 32773; 2596 Lyric Pittman $372.95, 1505 Terrance Chun $645.08, 1583 Michael Smith $357.20, 1047 Jayna Fox $687.76, 1025 Marcia Lytle $839.70, 2338 Faith Crocker $836.65, 1625 Christina Veltman $645.08, 1744 Rodrakus Warren $449.85, 2213 Michael Penna $903.30, 5056 Felix Lorcy $695.96, 1611 Luis Cruz $645.08, 1269 Kelly Greenaway $653.28, 2558 Mistery Room $527.84, 1237 Mystery Room $613.28, 5082 Katrina Boyd $887.93, 1039 Peter Bernard $718.44, 2209 Michelle Cameron $738.64, 1270 John Doe $495.80, 1653 Donna Bors $746.60, 1218 David McDonald $426.50, 1055 Montez Mack $655.96, 1431 Donna Bors $357.20, 2570 Secoyah Matthews $378.56 U-Haul Moving and Storage at Rinehart, 1811 Rinehart Road, Sanford, FL 32771; 3057 Shamiel Crayton $663.66, 3087 Mohammed Hossain $497.90, 3117 Alnisa Williams $479.70, 2096 Lynette Ratcliff $491.70, 2002 Lourde Lopez $1396.18, 3129 Tammy Marshall $317.09.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Uhaul Ctr Kirkman- 600 S Kirkman Rd- Orlando 1/8/2020 1044 Donna Valente 2103 Karen Dunbar 6006 Tanisha Wells 6046 Confiance Homes 4016 Tinesha Character 2098 Pedro Jimenez 4050 John Flowers 3062 Nicola Brown 2034 Katrina Edwards 1117 Marsha Mohabier 6048 Steven Draper 5008 Shyrl Williams 1060Amy Dorf Uhaul Ctr Orange Ave- 3500 S Orange Ave- Orlando 1/8/2020 2303 Charne Green 1019 Gerkeirra Campbell 1913 Shirley Baez 1808 Robert Lachowitzer 1256 Tasha Hankerson Uhaul Ctr Baldwin Park- 4001 E Colonial Drive- Orlando 1/8/20 C141 Brackston Helms D231 Torrance Williams B110 Jerron Strauss Uhaul Ctr Goldenrod- 508 N Goldenrod Rd- Orlando 1/8/2020 515 Esther Ruth 714 Aeris Melendez 709 Jannessa Hammerle 335 Jesus Felix 418 Lynette Rocha 221 Adrain Robinson Uhaul Ctr Lake Nona- 7800 Narcoosse Rd- Orlando 1/8/2020 2434 Luz Ortega 3161 Lorna Creque 2164 Diana Juanrisco 3247 Acosta Sales Marketing 3252 Juan Cepeda. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION FOR MONIES DUE ON STORAGE LOCKERS LOCATED AT UHAUL COMPANY FACILITIES. STORAGE LOCATIONS AND TIMES ARE LISTED BELOW. ALL GOODS SOLD ARE HOUSEHOLD CONTENTS, MISCELLANEOUS OR RECOVERED GOODS. ALL AUCTIONS ARE HELD TO SATISFY OWNER’S LIEN FOR RENT AND FEES IN ACCORDANCE WITH FLORIDA STATUTES, SELF STORAGE ACT, SECTIONS 83.806 AND 83.807, STARTS AT 8am and RUNS CONTINUOUSLY. Uhaul Ctr Clermont- 13650 Granville Ave- Clermont 1/15/2020 3212 Michael Harrison 1205 Christopher Nichols 2107 George Rodriguez 2016 Lillian Feliciano 3100 Mary Torres 1012 Symphoni Johnson 1004 Azalea Denis 2017 Beverly Watson 1116 Theresa Scarver 1163 Lowell O’Brien 1191 Michael Harrison 2108 Michael Harrison 2112 Richard Marion Uhaul Ctr Ocoee- 11410 W. Colonial Drive- Ocoee 1/15/2020 1102 Christian Cochran 1643 Seth
Collins 2223 Christian Cochran 2356 Edythe Henry 3219 Keesien Yu 3448 Marlene Garcia 1019 Christian Cochran Uhaul Ctr Four Corners- 8546 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy- Kissimmee 1/15/2020 1631-33 Allan Perdomo 1700-02 Joseph Badillo 1504-06 Heather Galati 1518 John Galati Uhaul Stg Haines City- 3307 Hwy 17-92 W- Haines City 1/15/2020 A0143 Cody Cook A0144 Darla Adkins A0058 Herman Lopez F0676 Jonathon Cook G0724 Sophia Sandifort E0515 Jonathon Cook A0004 Tawna Abboud Uhaul Ctr Hunters Creek- 13301 S. Orange Blossom Trail- Orlando 1/15/2020 1621 Angel Otero 2223 Crystal Hughes 2054 Larry Anibal 2335 Carlos Chamorro Morales 1031-50 Sherlette Mattison 1605 Richard Gomez 2215 Joanna Ragland 3021 Timothy Erickson 1034 Steven Freses 3246 Albert Moench 2160 Yonnathan Leon Cedeno Uhaul Stg Gatorland- 14651 Gatorland Dr- Orlando 1/15/2020 554 Roilande Estevez 552 G&L Recycling Corp Gilberto Rdoriguez 524 Jose Mora Sanchez 1072 Noelia Colon 1080 Margarita Kulchar 639 Margarita Kulchar 303 Tirso Monteverde 978 Damaris Rosado 764 Holly Eckenroth 724 Natasha Rookwood 527 Michael Zurita 368 John Eustace 447 Theresa Peterson 445 Nicolle Viera. Notice Of Public Sale Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www.storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time! Also visit www.personalministorage.com/Orlando-FL storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini- 200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806- at 10:30am: 55 David Tyrone Hill 66 Darlene Mohamud 78 Kenneth Jones Personal Mini Storage Forsyth2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792- at 10:00 am: 317 Jose Osvaldo Polanco Batista 362 Reynold Xavier King, Jr. 365 Adrian Keith Ellis 232 Angel Luis Alvarez Cotto 442 Kimberly D Sampley Personal Mini Storage West4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811- at 11:30 am: 15 Clayton Lamar Williams 74 Jahnisha Ingram 196 Regina Stephens Ellis 197 Desiree Jonathan
253 Doreen Franklin 265 Herica Joseph St Fleur 411 Chelsea Simone Bohler 415 Cherron Dushane Patterson 432 Desiree Jonathan 458 Kamesha Michelle McCray 462 Marc Arthur Louis 479 Bettie Mae Doss 487 Duane O’neil Avery 490 Cynthia Pender- Roberts 499 Lashell Jonita Moten 536 Samarys Rivera Pagan 619 Alicia Ann Brown Vikings Personal Mini Storage Lake Fairview- 4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804- at 11:30 am: 0055 Jorge Leon Martinez 0083 Marcus Onesimus Reese 0151 David Landon Smith 0165 Bryan Phillip Parker 0171 Ashly Victoria-Ann Harrison 0186 Robert Travis Crawford 0277 Gabriel Crespo 0293 Damaion Demeterus Williams 0334 Belo Dorvilus 0357 Joseph William Kelley 0482 Kirk Logan Parmer 0622 Oliver Augustus Sallett 0902 Kristian Johan Lodes 0968 Emanuel Montrel Glenn Personal Mini Storage Edgewater- 6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810- at 11:30 am: 0102 Joel David Levan III 0352 Alphonse Johnson 0711 Kimberly Ann Hudson 0830 Preston Alexander Robinson Jr 0837 Tyree Deshawn Baker 0925 Katherine B Owens 1007 Carcine Jeremy Quick 1013 Billy Edward Calahan 1132 Jermaine Demetrius Byrant 2005 HD XL883 Sportster 883 VIN 1HD4CAM155K427816 1220 Edward Lee Pitts 1227 Carl James Johnson 1301 Jorge Jordan 1325 Maribel Mendoza Aviles 1421 Anthony R Brawner 1543 Latrice Monika Britton 1733 Archie Ross III 1758 Chawnte Yvette Williams 2309 Darnell S Pickett 1986 Chevy Camaro VIN 1G1FP87F7GN142947 Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd- 6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810- at 12:00 pm: 1034 Jorge Carrasquillo 1092 Marcus Dewitt Character 2005 Rhonda Lynn Mayland- Briney 3231 Joel David Levan III 4054 Corey Jo Modd Thorne 4063 Vania Fere Henry 4070 Roland Michael Saldana 4078 Jose Javier Lopez Perez 5051 Florey Delois Scott 5063 Taneshia Lynea Koon 6009 Dream Tyberius Hunter 6039 Sylversaint Manes. Notice Of Public Sale Personal property of the following tenants will be sold for cash to satisfy rental liens in accordance with Florida Statutes, Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83-806 and 83-807. Contents may include kitchen, household items, bedding, toys, games, boxes, barrels, packed cartons, furniture, trucks, cars, etc. There is no title for vehicles sold at lien sale. Owners reserve the right to bid on units. Lien sale to be held online ending Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at times indicated below. Viewing and bidding will only be available online at www.storagetreasures.com beginning at least 5 days prior to the scheduled sale date and time!
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Also visit www.personalministorage.com/Orlando-FL storage-units/ for more info. Michigan Mini- 200 W Michigan St Orlando, FL 32806- at 10:30am: 55 David Tyrone Hill 66 Darlene Mohamud 78 Kenneth Jones Personal Mini Storage Forsyth2875 Forsyth Rd Winter Park FL, 32792- at 10:00 am: 317 Jose Osvaldo Polanco Batista 362 Reynold Xavier King, Jr. 365 Adrian Keith Ellis 232 Angel Luis Alvarez Cotto 442 Kimberly D Sampley Personal Mini Storage West4600 Old Winter Garden Rd Orlando, FL 32811- at 11:30 am: 15 Clayton Lamar Williams 74 Jahnisha Ingram 196 Regina Stephens Ellis 197 Desiree Jonathan 253 Doreen Franklin 265 Herica Joseph St Fleur 411 Chelsea Simone Bohler 415 Cherron Dushane Patterson 432 Desiree Jonathan 458 Kamesha Michelle McCray 462 Marc Arthur Louis 479 Bettie Mae Doss 487 Duane O’neil Avery 490 Cynthia Pender- Roberts 499 Lashell Jonita Moten 536 Samarys Rivera Pagan 619 Alicia Ann Brown Vikings Personal Mini Storage Lake Fairview- 4252 N Orange Blossom Trail Orlando, FL 32804- at 11:30 am: 0055 Jorge Leon Martinez 0083 Marcus Onesimus Reese 0151 David Landon Smith 0165 Bryan Phillip Parker 0171 Ashly Victoria-Ann Harrison 0186 Robert Travis Crawford 0277 Gabriel Crespo 0293 Damaion Demeterus Williams 0334 Belo Dorvilus 0357 Joseph William Kelley 0482 Kirk Logan Parmer 0622 Oliver Augustus Sallett 0902 Kristian Johan Lodes 0968 Emanuel Montrel Glenn Personal Mini Storage Edgewater- 6325 Edgewater Dr Orlando, FL 32810- at 11:30 am: 0102 Joel David Levan III, 0352 Alphonse Johnson, 0830 Preston Alexander Robinson Jr, 0837 Tyree Deshawn Baker, 0925 Katherine B Owens, 1007 Carcine Jeremy Quick, 1013 Billy Edward Calahan, 1132 Jermaine Demetrius Byrant; American Credit Acceptance, LLC 2005 HD XL883 Sportster 883 VIN 1HD4CAM155K427816, 1227 Carl James Johnson, 1301 Jorge Jordan, 1325 Maribel Mendoza Aviles, 1421 Anthony R Brawner, 1543 Latrice Monika Britton, 1733 Archie Ross III, 2309 Darnell S Pickett 1986 Chevy Camaro VIN 1G1FP87F7GN142947 Personal Mini Storage Forest City Rd- 6550 Forest City Rd Orlando, FL 32810- at 12:00 pm: 1034 Jorge Carrasquillo 1092 Marcus Dewitt Character 2005 Rhonda Lynn Mayland- Briney, 4054 Corey Jo Modd Thorne, 4070 Roland Michael Saldana 4078 Jose Javier Lopez Perez 5051 Florey Delois Scott 5063 Taneshia Lynea Koon 6009 Dream Tyberius Hunter.
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Legal, Public Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE To satisfy the owner’s storage lien, PS Orange Co. Inc. will sell at public lien sale on December 27, 2019, the personal property in the below-listed units, which may include but are not limited to: household and personal items, office and other equipment. The public sale of these items will begin at 09:30 AM and continue until all units are sold. PUBLIC STORAGE # 08327, 5602 Raleigh St, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 930-4816 Time: 09:30 AM 0029 - Perry, Denise; 0044 - Richardson, Dominick; 0075 - Babington, William; 0090 - Jones, April; 0095 - ELLIS, CYNTHIA; 0113 - Smith, Michael; 0125 - Polite, Kenneth; 0172 - Ayutov, Umarkhon; 0207 - Mompremier, Anntte; 0213 - Calderon, Angel; 0230 - Robinson, Cortrell; 0234 - Lebron Rosa, Diana; 0245 - Kitching, Brittney; 0247 - Byrd, Zereas; 0254 - Marc, Marcgenson; 0262 - harden, carla; 0272 - Neita, Rena; 0286 - Harris, Michael; 0304 - Miller, Moesha; 0316 - Jones, Travis; 0393 - Neal, Dana; 0401 - Carlisle, Kevin; 0409 - Newsome, Audrey; 0456 - Sankey, Luke; 0468 - Barber, Donald; 0477 - O’Rourke, Georgette; 0478 - Graham, Andra; 0479 - Ivery, Curtis; 0480 - Manning, Nevil; 0518 - Singleton, Candace; 0546 Crayton, Hattie PUBLIC STORAGE # 07001, 900 S Kirkman Road, Orlando, FL 32811, (407) 986-7703 Time: 09:40 AM 1208 - Mills, Diann; 1307 - Gulfstream 650 Alvarado, Anned; 1417 - Perry, Christina; 1611 - Montante, Ashley; 1615 jackson, devon; 2101 - Mcneal, Wendy; 2115 - Law, Deidre; 2301 - Ginlack, Tenille; 2408 - Brown, Chauncey; 2412 - Winters, Zachary; 2608 - Klatt, Heather; 3326 - Parker, Jaquel; 3702 - alvarado, Anned; 4202 - Harris, Keara; 4320 - Crenshaw, Bianca; 4601 - Albright, Evelyn; 7105 - JOHNSON, THOMAS; 8108 - Collings, Martin PUBLIC STORAGE # 20136, 3900 W Colonial Drive, Orlando, FL 32808, (407) 374-5979 Time: 09:50 AM A022 - Henley, Leenisha; A023 - Cedieu, Joseph; A030 - FOSTER, KATHERINE; B007 - Edward, Gisele; B018 - Evans, Calvin; B032 - Simon, Eslee; B035 - Jenkins, Cedric; B042 - Sanders, David; B044 Warren, James; B049 - WATSON, WILLIE; B064 - Carniel, Onyx; B076 - Jenkins, Shawnta; C018 Ahmad, Yasmeen; C024 - Swaby, Nashon; C028 - Carson, Stephanie; C071 - Green, Conswayla; C076 - Hedghill, Robinson; D016 Peterson, Anthony; D025 - Walker, Ebony; D036 - JOHNSON, IVORY; D062 - Ginyard, Elyse; D069 - Bozymowski, John; D099 - Colindres, Erick; D124 - Copeland, Jesse J; D143 - Egan, Lev & Siwica, P.A. Orantes- Aguilar, Mario; E007 Howard, Danielle; P010 - Johnson,
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Reggie PUBLIC STORAGE # 25813, 2308 N John Young Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 603-0436 Time: 10:00 AM A004 - Donaldson, Keyshon; A006 - fedrick, anthony; A008C - LIBREROS GORDILLO, BRIAN; A009C Scott, Donald; B007B - Abraham, Jennifer; B014B - Okeefe, Lisa Marie; B015 - Carson, Henry; B021A - Mckenzie, Tashaud; B041 - Wilson, Joyce; B060 - ADAMS, SHARON; B063 - Hazard, Annette; B101 - ousley, Jeanne; C070 - Abraham, Jennifer; C074 - Carbin, Juanita; C104 - Russell, Brenda; D011 - Durham, Kendra; D031 - Martin, Demetrius; D034 - Gambles, Justina; D036 - Elliott, Asia; D054 - Mcwhorter, Tyshelle; D056 - Jefferson, William; D060 - Doston, Melinda; D063 - Smith, Deborah; D084 - Richardson, Emmanuel; D133 - Fuller, Minnie; D134 - Basley, Nyesha; D140 Kelsey, Sabrena; E072 - Roberts, Patrick; F002 - Shabazz, Rahmaan; F057 - ADAMS, SHARON; F095 - Yarimel Santiago, MV Transportation; F114 - Boyd, Latasha; O010 - Young, James; O030 - Young, James PUBLIC STORAGE # 24107, 4100 John Young Parkway, Orlando, FL 32804, (407) 930-4381 Time: 10:10 AM A131 - Reyes, Christopher; A152 - Oday, Thomas; A157 - ELY, BRITTANY; B209 - MCCLINTON, EDWARD; B223 Butler, Joshua; C307 - Blair, Justin; C350 - Mercado, Richard; D419 DYSON, CHANNON; E001 - Dunlap, Ericka; E005 - Mathis, Glenn; E054 - AMSTUTZ, CARLETTA; E065 - Rivera, Markier; E110 - Brown, Latanya; F612 - PowellJoseph, Shawn; F646 - Paulino, Kiara D; F647 - Harris, Tangela; G724 - Gabriel, JodyAnne; H813 - Seco World Wide Resources ROJAS, ALEX; J903 - Cashen, Kevin; J928 - Eason, Alicia PUBLIC STORAGE # 08723, 1241 S Orlando Ave, Maitland, FL 32751, (407) 495-1863 Time: 10:20 AM 0067 - Cox, ThomasAllen; 0144 - Moore, Lee; 7015 - Redinger, Lelie PUBLIC STORAGE # 08767, 1842 W Fairbanks Ave, Winter Park, FL 32789, (407) 494-2918 Time: 10:30 AM 1008 - Vaughn, Becky; 1098 - Hughes, Blake; 2139 - Jones, Danielle; 3062 Howard, Saivon; 3077 - Cossom, Kevin; 3188 - Kennon, Colleen PUBLIC STORAGE # 08762, 1023 N Mills Ave, Orlando, FL 32803, (407) 505-7981 Time: 10:40 AM 1062 - Williams, Leonard; 1109 - Mcgill, Shawn; 2059 - Carson, Myron; 2067 - Phillips, Marvin; 2102 - Hendy, Jason; 2135 - Slaughter, Sandy; 3005 - Lieberman, Lawrence; 3051 - Ewing, Patricia; 3053 - Hall, Whitney PUBLIC STORAGE # 08769, 653 Maguire Blvd, Orlando, FL 32803, (407) 955-4627 Time: 10:50 AM 0201 - Rath, Mark; 0514 - Kinsey, Heather; 0625 Orwick, Michelle; 2079 - Fernandez, Charles; 2113 - Byrd, Tia; 2156 - Hill, Latiyah; 3063 - Edlin,
Raymond; 3120 - Carter- Grimes, Charles. Public sale terms, rules, and regulations will be made available prior to the sale. All sales are subject to cancellation. We reserve the right to refuse any bid. Payment must be in cash or credit card-no checks. Buyers must secure the units with their own personal locks. To claim tax-exempt status, original RESALE certificates for each space purchased is required. By PS Orangeco, Inc., 701 Western Avenue, Glendale, CA 91201. (818) 244-8080. Notice of Public Sale: Pursuant to F.S. 713.78 on January 3rd, 2019 at 9:00 am, Riker’s Roadside Of Central Florida, INC, 630 E Landstreet Rd, Orlando, FL 32824, will sell the following vehicles and/or vessels. Seller reserves the right to bid. Sold as is, no warranty. Seller guarantees no title, terms cash. Seller reserves the right to refuse any or all bids; 1C3EL55RX6N153860 2006 CHRYSLER 1C4NJPCB8CD540380 2012 JEEP 1FA6P8AM7F5301338 2015 FORD 1FMZU32P3XUA89021 1999 FORD 1FTCR10X7RPA16688 1994 FORD 1G1JC524627113978 2002 CHEVROLET 1G1JC5SH1F4178179 2015 CHEVROLET 1G1JC5SH4D4192512 2013 CHEVROLET 1G1ZD5ST5LF035661 2020 CHEVROLET 1G1ZJ57B69F233294 2009 CHEVROLET 1HGCG5640XA145240 1999 HONDA 1HGFA16567L003785 2007 HONDA 1N4AL2EP3DC283291 2013 NISSAN 1N4AL3APXFC159341 2015 NISSAN 2HGEH2370SH509573 1995 HONDA 2HGES16534H615928 2004 HONDA 3FADP4BJ7CM160846 2012 FORD 3FAFP31334R111301 2004 FORD 3G5DA03EX4S546266 2004 BUICK 4T1BE32K44U892998 2004 TOYOTA 4T1BE46K59U395921 2009 TOYOTA 5N1AT2MT1GC763581 2016 NISSAN JA3AU26U38U013553 2008 MITSUBISHI JKAZXCJ12DA017971 2013 KAWASAKI JM1BK12FX61402038 2006 MAZDA JN1RZ26A1LX004727 1990 NISSAN JN8AF5MR1DT217722 2013 NISSAN JNKCV54E25M400688 2005 INFINITI
ORLANDO WEEKLY ● DEC. 18-24, 2019 ● orlandoweekly.com
JT2AC52L6T0126893 1996 TOYOTA JT2BG22K9X0293270 1999 TOYOTA JTDBF32K820035766 2002 TOYOTA KNAFK4A60F5422986 2015 KIA WAULT68E43A173975 2003 AUDI WDDGF4HB3DR294513 2013 MERCEDES-BENZ WMEEJ31X99K306424 2009 Smart Fort ZZN24126L293 1993 ZZN ZZN24486L293 1993 ZZN 2HGFA55579H704277 2009 HOND NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: AATR ORLANDO gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on 1/3/2020, 09:00 am at 9712 RECYCLE CENTER RD ORLANDO, FL 32824- 8146, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. AATR ORLANDO reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. 2FAFP74W0WX177046 1998 FORD 4M2ZU66W93ZJ07410 2003 MERCURY 3N1CB51D03L716140 2003 NISSAN 1FAFP56SX3G133961 2003 FORD 1J4GK48K66W275068 2006 JEEP 3N1AB6AP6AL700805 2010 NISSAN 54GVC34T9K7035535 2019 SGAC. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. gives Notice of Foreclosure of Lien and intent to sell these vehicles on the following dates, 08:00 am at 10850 COSMONAUT BLVD ORLANDO, FL 32824, pursuant to subsection 713.78 of the Florida Statutes. NEW GENERATION TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC. reserves the right to accept or reject any and/or all bids. DECEMBER 31, 2019 1D4GP45R05B119092 2005 DODGE 1W4200C1463055127 2006 WELLS CARGO, INC. / WELLINGTON KIT CAR JANUARY 5, 2020 2T1BURHE3HC884356 2017 TOYOTA JANUARY 7, 2020 3N1AB6AP3CL654143 2012 NISSAN JANUARY 8, 2020 2D4RN5DG4BR650832 2011 DODGE NOVIN0200995180 2010 HOMEMADE JANUARY 9, 2020 1FMYU93104KA82270 2004 FORD 1FMZU32E9XZC13066 1999 FORD
3N1AB7AP9EY216450 2014 NISSAN JANUARY 10, 2020 1FAHP24127G150583 2007 FORD JANUARY 11, 2020 KMHDN46D64U849127 2004 HYUNDAI JANUARY 13, 2020 1HGCG56742A159337 2002 HONDA 3C3EL55H2XT607575 1999 CHRYSLER 4T4BF1FK5CR262553 2012 TOY JANUARY 24, 2020 5NPD84LF3HH036040 2017 HYUNDAI Notice of Sale Personal Property of the following tenants will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder for cash to satisfy a rental lien in accordance with Florida Statute and the Florida Self Storage Facility Act, Sections 83.806 and 83.807. Unit #’s 1237 – Sylvia B. Vanzandt, a.k.a. Sylvia Brekstad Vanzandt, 1343 – Lymarie Hernandez, a.k.a. Lymarie Hernandez-Esteves 1446 – Tabatha Hall, a.k.a. Tabatha R. Hall 1537 – Linda Roberts, a.k.a. Linda Sue Roberts 2331 – Miguel Suarez, a.k.a. Miguel Angel Suarez Perez. Contents may include household items, luggage, toys, furniture, clothing, commercial equipment, etc. Auction to be held at Compass Self Storage, 14120 E. Colonial Dr. Orlando, FL 32826 on January 8, 2020 at 12:00 pm or thereafter. Viewing at time of sale only. The owners or their agents reserve the right to bid on any unit and also to refuse any bid. Compass Self Storage #112, 14120 E. Colonial Dr., Orlando, FL 32826 407-381-2980 Office 407381-2697 Fax css112@compassselfstorage.com, compassselfstorage.com. 12/11, 12/18 NOTICE OF SALE Vehicles will be sold as is, no warranty. Seller reserves the right to refuse any bid. Terms of bids are cash only. Buyer must have funds on hand at time of sale: 2005 Lincoln VIN# 5LMEU68H85ZJ25105 2011 Jeep VIN# 1J4AA5D14BL539265 2005 Mitsubishi VIN# 4A3AB56S25E032038 2003 Mitsubishi VIN# 4A3AC34G53E011620 2013 Chevy VIN# 1G11E5SA7DF240067 2006 Chevy VIN# 1GNEC13Z96R152495 2006 Mazda VIN# 4F2YZ92Z86KM05416 To be sold at auction at 8:00 a.m. on January 01, 2020 at 7301 Gardner Street, Winter Park, FL. 32792 Constellation Towing & Recovery LLC
Employment Accounts Payable Coordinator: To assist fin’l dept w/prep of itemized bills & invoices for services provided. To generate expense rprts. Resolve billing issues. Verify that transacs comply w/fin’l policies & procedures. Help w/ acctg & implementat’n of internal cntrls. To ensure that deadlines are met & wrk is completed correctly. Generate memos, emails & rprts when appropriate. Req’s HS diploma & 5 yrs of exp in finance or acctg. Resume to. Kingdom Acai, Cleston Santino, 5628 International Dr, Orlando FL 32819 Business Development Specialist needed for Larson Accounting & Consulting Services, LLC, Orlando, FL to fcst & trk sls trnds & anlys coll dta. Montr Ind. stats & prep rpts of fndngs, transl cmplx fndngs, & comp Compset dta 2 anlys mkt trnds. Collct & anlys inf 4 mgmt to det pos in mrkt place; cust demogr, pref, econ opp, dem. factrs, svcs offd, comptr dta. Anlys his. dta 2 det fut trnds & set tgts. Req Bach deg in Bus Admin, + 1 yr exp in bus analytics. F/T mail resume: 7901 Kingspointe Pky. Ste 17, Orlando, FL 32819. Fusion Sushi Chef needed for Jodo Sushi of Winter Garden, FL to prep Brazilian fusion sushi, instr stf in prep, garn, & prez of sushi meals. Cre8 new sushi rcps bsd on Brzil fusion flvrs. Est amnts & csts of food & ingr & anlz rcps 2 assgn menu prcs bsd on ovrhd costs. Req 2 yrs wrk exp in job offrd. F/T. Mail res: George, 426 W. Plant St, Ste. F, Winter Garden, FL 34787 Shipping Coordinator needed for Newest Business Solutions, Inc. to verify accuracy of manifests & ship contnts. Det ship methods & rts for matl ship. Rcrd ship data incl weight, chrgs, dmges & discrepancies. Rqn & store ship matls / sppls to mntn stck. Req 2 yrs exp as a ship coord. F/T mail res: Rafael, 2582 Maguire Road, Ocoee, FL 34761